Query regarding wheel clearance for a 'Goshawk 11' model with various hood types, and a handwritten update on the decided wheel size.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\5\ scan0005 | |
| Date | 5th May 1921 | |
| -2- R3/G5.5.21. Will the new position shewn for the "Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11" wheel on the attached drawing clear the various types of hoods, namely, cape-cart, landaulette, and cabriolet? R. {Sir Henry Royce} + Since decided on 815 mm. - 32" same as Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11, though we still may change to the Ford size. | ||
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).