Proposing the scrapping of an old experimental car, 9-EX, and salvaging its useful parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\4\ scan0016 | |
| Date | 23th January 1931 | |
| To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X180 Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 10/MJ.23.1.31. EXPERIMENTAL CAR 9-EX. We have an Expl. car 9-EX, which is a very old type. It was the first Phantom 1 car we fitted semi-elliptic rear springs to. The engine and gearbox is practically Phantom 1. The axle is on the lines of Phantom 11. The body is an old Cabriolet type. We have no further use for this car as an Expl. car and should like to get rid of it. We have asked the Transport Dept. whether they would be able to make use of it as a hack, but they do not require it. It is not a car we can sell because it has so many non-standard parts. If you agree, therefore, we propose sending the car into the Repair Dept. to be dismantled. Any useful parts might be put in their Stores and the rest of the car scrapped. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).