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).
The need for a standard performance car and converting a demonstration model for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\2\ scan0150 | |
| Date | 31th January 1936 | |
| W/S - Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} x-60 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}23/KW.31.1.36. We have no up-to-date experimental big bore car in commission, our only model having been pulled to pieces to enable the steel body to be examined. When this is re-built it is imperative that we should have it here to form a standard of performance for the production cars. We suggest that far the best procedure is to get one of your present demonstration cars converted. Big bore Bentley units will be on test in the Works next week. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||