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).
Naming and potential fitting of a cut-out for the 20/25 HP Special Touring Saloon.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 56\3\ Scan008 | |
| Date | 29th January 1931 | |
| S/W. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} (copy to Lor, Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}, Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Bs{A J. Barnes - Assistant Manager}) HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X5120 Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}3/KW30.1.31. Dictated 29.1.31 re - 20/25 h.p. Special Touring Saloon. BY/Cph4/G28131. Kindly note Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} agrees to my suggestion that this car should not be confused with the 40/50 and known by a similar title to the Continental Touring Saloon, but that we should call the 25 h.p. model - which will not necessarily be used on the Continent - "a Special Touring Saloon". I suggested to Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} that we should consider in connection with this model the advisability of, and the benefits to be derived from, the fitting of a cut-out. Would you be good enough to let us know whether a cut-out would be of help in connection with its performance ? You will of course bear in mind that whereas we are discontinuing the fitting of a cut-out on standard 40/50 h.p. chassis in the future, we are retaining it on the Continental Touring Saloon Phantom II. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} RECEIVED 1931 JAN 08 HE | ||