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).
Confidential memo requesting to arrange a self-driven test of a Hispano car to assess its system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\1\ Scan007 | |
| Date | 1st October 1923 | |
| X4214 To C. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} CONFIDENTIAL. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/LG4.10.23. HISPANO CAR. X1559 X4214 We have heard from CJ. that you could arrange for us to try a Hispano Car through Messrs. Barkers. For the test to be of any value to us we want to be able to drive the car ourselves. We could get the information we require if we could have the loan of the car for one day. We should not carry out any destructive tests but we should drive the car in a manner to endeavour to show the weaknesses as well as the virtues of their system. It would be no interest to us whatever for us to sit in the car and for an expert demonstrator to drive it. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||