Suggestion for a narrow, three-seater sporting speed body for the Goshawk model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan070 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1922 | |
| To C. from Hst c. to CJ. BJ. c. to LHS. {Lord Herbert Scott - Chair} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} X3730 R6/M.2.22 RE SPEED BODY FOR GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). X.3730 I suggest that one of the standard bodies for the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) should be a narrow sporting body giving very little wind resistance, and a third seat in a cockpit behind the hood, somewhat similar in build to the one on the Delage which is here, or some other attractive sportive speed body. Such body with a suitable gear would do a very fine speed performance on Brooklands. R. {Sir Henry Royce} R.R. 2252. 100 T1. 100 HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 10B. 10-12-20. G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2018 | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).