The re-assembly of the Goshawk trials car for a second 10,000 mile test run.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan228 | |
| Date | 1st May 1922 | |
| X4086 To Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from BJ. Copies to EJ. -> Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BJ4/H1.5.22. GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 10,000 MILES TRIALS CAR. With reference to Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} 1/LG27.4.22, we understand that this car is now being dismantled and will be re-assembled as soon as possible to run another 10,000 miles. Only unsatisfactory parts will be replaced - that is, presumably, parts which have failed in the original design - and it is therefore of the utmost importance that these shall be run for 10,000 miles (20,000 if possible). When do you expect this car will start on its second 10,000 miles, please? We notice that C-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) II has started to do 10,000 miles. Is this running 350 miles daily, and are there many points on this which are improvements on the original 10,000 miles car? B.J. | ||
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).