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).
Listing beneficial modifications for standard cars derived from sports car development.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65a\1\ scan0122 | |
| Date | 1st October 1927 guessed | |
| contd :- -2- (4) REDUCTION IN THE WEIGHT of the engine will also be equally as beneficial to the std. car. (5) MODIFICATION TO THE VALVE TAPPETS AND MECHANISM will be a distinct improvement on the std. car. (6) THE PROPOSED ALTERATION TO THE REAR BRAKES will be just as beneficial to the std. car as the Sports car. (7) THE SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS FOR THE LIGHTENING OF REAR AXLE are just as beneficial to the standard car as the Sports car. We are certain that the production of a sports car will definitely improve the quality of the standard cars. The first Sports cars will be forerunners of the std. Phantom car for the future and eventually we should expect to arrive at the position when the difference between the Sports cars and the standard cars would only be such things as compression ratio, axle ratio and possibly carburetter. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||