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).
Logistics of testing a car fitted with Firths springs in France, including shift patterns for long-distance runs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\2\ Scan114 | |
| Date | 22th November 1924 | |
| To CWB. From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. X4429 X9941 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG22.11.24. The car fitted with Firths springs is already in France. We expect it to start running this weekend. The car will be running every day so that it makes no difference as to when you go there. Will you please let us know which date you decide upon. Our man in charge is - Mr. Lidsey - address - Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, France. The best way of getting there is to Paris first. We should like to know whether it is you intention to take the car away or whether you will arrange your runs to fit in with the tests. If you take the car away our men at Chateauroux will have nothing to do. At the present time, in order to complete the 500/600 miles per day, the first shift runs from 4 a.m. until midday, and the second shift from 12-30 p.m. until 8 or 9 p.m. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||