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).
Trial of a car with an 8-Cylinder High Power Unit and arranging a future chassis meeting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\1\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 28th April 1939 | |
| SECRET. 1044 To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Jmr. 8-Cylinder High Power Unit. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}17/E1539 Thanks for Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}15/R.28.4.39. This, as you say, certainly sounds very encouraging. Please let me know when the car is available to try. I presume that Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} will be trying it soon and I should like then to see his report. We are going to have another chassis meeting as soon as possible after Whitsun so that possibly Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} will then be able to try it. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||