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).
Outlining views and a proposed development and production plan for the 'Peregrine' car model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\8\ B001_X100 Engine Chassis-page047 | |
| Date | 15th July 1932 | |
| VIEWS ON "PEREGRINE". We are all enthusiastic about this car after having seen and tried it. The designers have produced something that is really good and beautiful. We require nothing further from the designers; by this we mean, no major alterations - these can easily be incorporated later if found to be necessary. I suggest that the car which we have might now be run on the dynamometer to test the gears, etc., and afterwards undertake 10,000 miles road test. Whilst this is taking place we could build six new cars experimentally, and these could be ready in three months from now. As mentioned above, no major alterations are required to the car, except those items that may be proven to be wrong as a result of the extended trials. The essential and necessary tools to start production should be designed at once, and made by the end of this year. This, of course, does not mean that we could make by this year end a complete equipment of jigs and tools in order to get the cost down to its lowest level; a complete equipment would follow during 1933. The new carburetter should be pushed with all speed - day and night - and it should not take more than two months to produce it. The dynamometer and road tests should be finished during the next two months, and there seems to be no need to wait for the new carburetter to enable these tests to proceed. If the dynamometer test and 10,000 miles road test were finished satisfactorily by the end of September, material could be ordered for, say, 100 chassis, the greatest possible care being taken in placing the orders for this material - firstly, to obtain the quality we are accustomed to, and secondly, to obtain the best possible price. By this means we should be able to produce 3 or 4 chassis per week by the end of March 1933. The above is based upon the car which is at present running being a desirable one, and that no major alterations are found to be necessary. At a later period, by our usual method, additional improvements can be adopted in the next series of cars, and every effort to make it more interchangeable with "Bensport" could also be entertained. These suggestions are made with a view to getting on the market in the shortest possible time a good small model R.R. which seems to be so very desirable both from a sales and production point of view, and, bearing in mind, the uncertainty of future aero engine orders. | ||