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).
Recommendation to send an experimental 'SS' car to the USA for testing under American conditions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\3\ Scan007 | |
| Date | 21th January 1929 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to WOF. X7772 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LG21.1.29. 'SS{S. Smith}' CARS. X7772 X7770 If it is anticipated that we shall be selling to Springfield, or Springfield will be producing the SS.{S. Smith} car we strongly recommend that we send one of these cars to U.S.A. to be tested out under their conditions. We have got to remember that it was chiefly American conditions which forced us into exhaust heating for the induction system in conjunction with the choke valve in the exhaust. We should not like to guarantee that the SS.{S. Smith} car is going to satisfy American conditions until the car has been tried out there. To prove this, we do not think it is necessary to wait for a left-hand chassis. It would not be wise to wait for a lef-thand chassis. It would be better if we could send one of the SS.{S. Smith} experimental cars so that it could be tried there during this Winter. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||