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).
10,000-mile road test in France for a 20 HP car fitted with a sub-frame.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan416 | |
Date | 19th December 1924 | |
To C.J. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4086 Hsl/LG19.12.24. RE. 20 HP. SUB-FRAME. X4260 With reference to your instructions that a 20 HP. car fitted with a sub-frame should be tested for 10,000 miles. We are arranging to send a 20 HP. car to France immediately after Christmas because it is essentially a test which should be run over bad roads so that we get the maximum frame distortion. We are also arranging to fit on to the same car several other experimental parts which can be usefully run but which will not affect the sub-frame tests. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||