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).
The start date and specifications for a Phantom II 10,000-mile test car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\3\ 03-page028 | |
| Date | 3rd February 1930 | |
| Y 79 100 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Phantom II. 10,000 Miles' Test Car. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}26/E3.2.30. Copy to Wsr. Referring to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4/MJ16.1.30 and former correspondence, would you please let me know what day this car will start, and also let me know whether I am correct in assuming that it will be fitted with all the points detailed in Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/MJ14.12.29 and whether it has any additional new parts. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||