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).
Delay in fitting a Barker body to chassis 18-EX due to the coachbuilder disregarding drawing dimensions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 182\M16\ img081 | |
| Date | 26th November 1928 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten top left] X1698 [Handwritten top center] Ref 18 EX [Handwritten top right] PR File [Handwritten top right] Hsl/LG26.11.28. [Handwritten top right] 18EX Barker body [Handwritten center] 'SS{S. Smith}' CAR. V7830 +7770 It is going to take us longer than we anticipated to fit the Barker body to chassis 18-EX owing to the fact that Barkers disregarded the dimensions given on the drawing. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} will explain the difficulties we have had. We expect now to have the car all completed by the weekend and hope to arrive at WW. with it on Tuesday next Dec. 4th. Very good progress is being made with a further chassis, and a bumper chassis of this type. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [Handwritten bottom] Note that EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c/o "DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}"! | ||