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 purchase of a Barkerlite Saloon for a 20 HP car and its unsuitability for an experimental project.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5\2\ 02-page075 | |
| Date | 23th December 1926 | |
| COPY. To R.{Sir Henry Royce} (Le CanadelHenry Royce's French residence) From EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/23.12.26. RE. LIGIT SALOON FOR 20 HP. You may possibly have heard from Sales that they have arranged to purchase a Barkerlite Saloon for a Twenty at a favourable price. The car is to be used by them to test the durability of the body. As it appears to me that this body will be mounted on a standard chassis and remain in the hands of Sales, I shall be unable to control the design in any way and it is highly probable that the appearance, size etc. will not be acceptable to you. The reason for my mentioning this is that I wish it to be realised that under the circumstances we are unable to have anything to do with this matter. We were rather hoping that we might have been allowed to have this body for mounting on the new 'India' with high compression engine and revised axle ratio, so that the car might have been used at WW. next year. We presume that as 'Sales' have purchased a body you would wish to drop the idea of having a light saloon for the experimental car for the present. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||