With conflicting opinions on whether to keep a Lanchester car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\3\ Scan083 | |
| Date | 24th February 1932 | |
| X440 To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} re Lanchester Car Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 19/E24.2.32 Further to my memo. of the 22nd, I should be glad to have your report on the car after you have tried it as, since writing my memo, I have been wondering whether we really want to keep this car. It is difficult to see in what way it can be of assistance to us. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} remarks as follows :- I am of the opinion that we ought not to let this car go. | ||
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).