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).
Listing weight-saving components and noting a delay in the car's completion.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\2\ scan0064 | |
| Date | 8th June 1934 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}18/KW.8.6.34. With regard to weight saving, there will be the following items :- (1) Magnesium dashboard. (2) Peregrine steering. (3) Aluminium cylinder head. (4) Peregrine gearbox. It will be seen from these notes that this car cannot be completed for some little time, though it will be built up with as many parts as are available in order to get the body mounted. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||