Trying a different Hooper body on a chassis, noting the original will not be available until the end of the next week.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan285 | |
| Date | 9th February 1923 | |
| X3730 Bs {A J. Barnes - Assistant Manager} 24/KW9.2.23. S/W. {Sales / Derby Works} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG6.2.23. 3-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-2.-Hooper Limousine. At the moment we are trying another Hooper body on this chassis. We shall require it for a few days after which the original body will have to be replaced. So far as we can see at present the Hooper limousine will not be available for returning to W. before about the end of next week. Will you send a man to collect it? C/Bs. {A J. Barnes - Assistant Manager} J.S [STAMP: RECEIVED 10 FEB 1923 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 3] | ||
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).