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).
Request for various spare parts for a make-shift 20 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 57\1\ Scan285 | |
| Date | 17th January 1927 | |
| To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X5770 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/LG17.1.27. The R.D. are building a 20 HP. car. They are anxious to obtain any of the following bits, should we have some which are of no further use to us. The particular type of any part does not matter, if we could let them know what it is, as the car will only be a make-shift. (1) 'B' type steering column. (2) Pair of rear shock absorbers. (3) Pedals 'B'. (4) Equalising shafts. (5) Propeller shaft. (6) Petrol tank. (7) Dashboard and brackets. (8) Rear silencer. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||