Decision to not complete the 17-EX with Jarvis Sports Body to the highest possible standard in-house.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\S\2April1928-June1928\ Scan063 | |
| Date | 28th April 1928 | |
| BJ } FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} } DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} } C. to LHS. {Lord Herbert Scott - Chair} C. SG. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} ORIGINAL R9/M28.4.28. 17-EX. WITH JARVIS SPORTS BODY. X7830 Regarding DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EV {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 's memo. of 19/4/28., I am very sorry to hear that we are not to complete the above body in the best possible way, so that it will be a good saleable job. I am sure that a small number of these will sell, and it will be better for us to be able to supply them complete instead of sending the customer to some coachbuilder for a less efficient body. Moreover it looks like waste of time and money not to finish it to the best of our knowledge. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).