Preparations for a visit to West Wittering with experimental cars 8-EX, 7-EX, and 10-G-111.
| Identifier | Morton\M16\ img091 | |
| Date | 17th September 1925 | |
| [Typed] R.R. 493A (50 H) (D.D. 31, 12-6-25) J.H.D. EXPERIMENTAL REPORT. To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG. {Mr Rowledge} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Expl. No. REF: Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 3/LG17.9.25. RE. VISIT TO WEST WITTERING(Henry Royce's home town). On our next visit to W.W. we propose bringing 8-EX car which is to run the 10,000 miles test in France, 7-EX which is the chassis being prepared for your own use, and 10-G-111. The latter embodies all the outstanding experiments on the 20 HP. except very recent ones. These include - pedals nearer the dash - shorter steering - stiffer steering tube - new arrangement of brake and change speed lever - wider dashboard, and bonnet to suit subframe. A complete list of experiments fitted to this car will be sent later. We shall arrive at W.W. the first thing on Tuesday morning. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [Handwritten] mf 8EX/10,000 miles car 7EX X1698 (above 'Expl. No.') X1698 +89409 (above 'RE. VISIT TO WEST WITTERING(Henry Royce's home town)') Ph file (top right corner) 8 EX 10,000 miles (right margin) 7 EX (right margin) R's car (right margin) | ||
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).