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).
Declining further modifications to Lord Cholmondeley's chassis, citing the danger of making standard models seem out-of-date.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\3\ Scan184 | |
| Date | 17th September 1931 | |
| ->S/W.........Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} " By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} RECEIVED 18 SEP 1931 Y4117. C7/C17.9.31 RE CHASSIS FOR LORD CHOLMONDELEY. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/MJ10.9.31 ---------------- I have discussed your suggestions with Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} but we are afraid we cannot agree to these further modifications being embodied in Lord Cholmondeley's chassis. We think we have gone quite far enough in undertaking to give him what he asked for, namely, 70 m.p.h. on the flat. Any items that are put into the chassis before they become standard are always dangerous inasmuch as it is so difficult to keep customers from talking to their friends thus causing a demand which might put the existing chassis out-of-date. C. | ||