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).
New features on a 20 HP car being sent to France for a 10,000-mile test.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\O\2January1926-March1926\ Scan11 | |
| Date | 15th January 1926 | |
| Expl: Report. Expl:No. Ref. HsH/LG15.1.26 To R from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to cj. BJ. ✓ c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} ✓ c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ✓ c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} ✓ 20 Hp. CAR. V5840a / +5770 We anticipate to shortly be sending to France for a 10,000 miles test, a 20 HP. car fitted with the following new features :- 1. New steering following the lines of the latest Phantom. 2. New Dashboard. 3. New pedals. 4. Modified Front Axle. 5. Exhaust Cutout. 6. Improved carburetter with lighter air valve. 7. Improved dust covers for front brakes. We are having complaints of a considerable amount of mud working into the front brakes on the 20 HP. 8. Shock absorbers - increased poundage. 9. Front springs with increased number of leaves. 10. Body mounted on subframe. We do not anticipate there will be any trouble with the subframe mounting on the 20 HP. similar to that which has occurred on the Phantom. The car is fitted with a Barker Cabriolet body. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||