Mr. Royce's distress over a car body and instructing it be confined to testing or broken up.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan316 | |
| Date | 1st May 1923 | |
| AH V3730 To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from CJ. Body on Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)). CJ2/E10/5/23 With reference to the body xxx in which you drove to Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence) and which caused Mr.Royce so much distress, Mr.Royce is of opinion that this body should never be seen again on a 20 HP car by anyone or at least it should have a lighter roof or should be broken up. In order that Mr.Royce should not be further distressed, please do not let him see it again and probably it would be as well that it should be confined to use for testing at Derby. CJ. | ||
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).