On modifications for the 16-EX sports car with a Barker body, detailing work on the steering column and ignition timing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 17\3\ Scan305 | |
| Date | 26th July 1928 | |
| To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 47430 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 2/LG26.7.28. 16-EX - Sports with Barker body. X7770 Replying to Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 13/M25.7.28. We must fit something to hold the column up on this car - semi-isolation or stays. Also ignition timing wants modifying. The general road testing we were/able to do was hardly adequate. The length of time we should require to complete this car would be 7 days. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).