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).
Visit to Le Canadel, the progress of an EAC.Vlll chassis, and the specifications for a 20 HP car being prepared for France.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\O\2January1926-March1926\ Scan136 | |
| Date | 1st March 1926 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c.c. to CJ. EJ. c.c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c.c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c.c. to Woz. ORIGINAL FmS/LGS.3.26. X5840a X5770 X8991 VISIT TO LE CANADELHenry Royce's French residence. We shall not have an EAC.Vlll chassis ready until about the end of this month. Everything is progressing favourably. We shall have the first casting for the dashboard next week. Our efforts lately have been concentrated in completing the aero engines. The first car we shall have ready for France will be a 20 HP. fitted with the following new parts :- ready to leave in 10-days. 1. Steering. 2. Modified front axle and pivots. 3. New connecting rods with loose bushes. 4. Main bearings in steel shell instead of composite, one solid whitemetal and one brass. 5. Hydraulic shock absorbers fitted to the front. 6. Well base rims - semi-balloon tyres. 7. Pedals nearer the dashboard. 8. Body mounted on subframe. 9. Special front springs with [strikethrough] more leaves. 10. Improved carburetter. 11. Exhaust cutout. 12. Louvred bonnet. Our suggestion is that Mr. Robotham will bring this car to Le CanadelHenry Royce's French residence accompanied by either RG.{Mr Rowledge} or DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} He could then bring with him the hydraulic shock absorbers for fitting ....... | ||