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).
Options for building a new experimental car, considering a replica of the 49GB or a compromise using Northcliffe parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\11\ Scan099 | |
| Date | 26th February 1915 | |
| R.R. 647. (10011) (S.A. 333. 26.2.15.) E.P. 8140. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (Four Lines). Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Mdr6/L21415 Names and Indicating letter. Initial of person addressed. A Mr. ADAMS Ax Mr. ALEXEIEFF By Mr. BAILEY Bn{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Mr. BARRINGTON B Mr. BEREND Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT Cn{Mr Chamberain} Mr. CHAMBERLAIN Cr{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} Mr. CHICHESTER C Mr. COWEN Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX D Mr. DeLOOZE Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Mr. DAY E Mr. ELLIOTT Eu EUROPE Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} HALDENBY Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALLAM H Mr. HANBURY J Mr. JOHNSON JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr JOHNSON'S Secretary Bj Mr. BASIL JOHNSON K Mr. KILNER Mac{Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACKINTOSH Mcr Mr. MERCER M Mr. MOON Na{Mr Nadin} Mr. NADIN PN{Mr Northey} Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM Pa{Mr Paterson} Mr. PATERSON EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mr. PLATFORD Rn{Mr Robinson} Mr. ROBINSON R Mr. ROYCE RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE'S Secretary JR{Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE Sn{Mr Sanderson} Mr. SANDERSON LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp{Mr Spinney} r.{Sir Henry Royce} SPINNEY Y VIENNA Wa{Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS Whr{Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHEELER Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD Experimental Cars. -3- we should recommend you to have in place of "The Mystery", the car for Mr Royce - 49GB - being the only one of any real interest. It would therefore seem that we should have to build a car for you. The quickest thing to do would be to make a replica of 49GB but we are not sure whether you would consider the experiments embodied in this chassis worth the necessary expenditure. What we should most like to do if it had been possible would be to have built up one of the Northcliffe chassis for you but unfortunately we have very few instructions yet from the Drawing Office for the Northcliffe engine and they appear to be too busy on Aero Engine work to think of tackling the job. To endeavour to make a compromise by building you a special chassis incorporating a number of Northcliffe parts would, we fear, necessitate a lot of designing, and you already know how extremely busy our Drawing Office is in every department. Perhaps after reading this memo you will kindly instruct us what course we should adopt. Mcr. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||