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The delivery of car 4-Goshawk-11, detailing its specifications including a modified camshaft and balloon tyres.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\K\September1923\  Scan32
Date  11th September 1923
  
To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to CJ.

ORIGINAL

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 3/LG11.9.23.

4-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11. X1698

The above car will be ready to bring to WW. at the end of this week. If convenient to you we propose bringing this car to WW - arriving on Tuesday the 17th. inst.

The car is fitted with Balloon type tyres. The engine has the modified Camshaft, and 45° angle valves.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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).


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