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).
Chasing the dispatch of parts for a rigid front feet experiment on the 6.EX car.
| Identifier | Morton\M22\ img179 | |
| Date | 29th September 1923 | |
| [Handwritten Annotations] R BECOMES X.4604 RAMPANT (a/c TO E) 6EX [Typed Text] To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten above] REF HIS MOD SET [Typed] E2/M29.9.23. [Handwritten and struck-through] REF E1/M27.9.23 RE. TORQUE REACTION - 40/50 HP. X.4604. Regarding the distance pieces for trying the rigid front feet experiment on 6.EX car which you were going to send to WW. Mr. Royce is so keen on getting these that he has instructed us to write every day until they arrive. We think however this is unnecessary as the parts in question are probably ready to be despatched by now. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||