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).
Phone message confirmation regarding alterations to a sports car due to a broken crankchamber.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65\4\ scan0296 | |
| Date | 8th October 1927 | |
| X8030 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R.{Sir Henry Royce} CONFIRMATION OF 'PHONE MESSAGE FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} to HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X. 8010 X. 8774 X. 8030 R3/M8.10.27. SINCE THE CONFERENCE WITH YOU IN LONDON THE SITUATION HAS CHANGED OWING TO THEBROKEN CRANKCHAMBER, AND WHAT WE MUST HAVE IN THE FINAL SPORTS CAR, INCLUDING THE ALTERATIONS TO THE CRANKCHAMBER AS WELL AS CATEGORY (1). 58" TRACK HAS CREPT INTO CATEGORY (1) IN ERROR. WE MUST NOT MAKE AN ODD SET OF LONGER RODS: IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND CONFUSING. WE MUST BE THOROUGH EVEN WITH SOME DELAY & IT WILL BE LESS COSTLY, AND THE MOST PROFITABLE. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||