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).
Letter regarding the unsuitability of two sports car bodies and a proposal to fit a different body to a dummy chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\4\ scan0298 | |
| Date | 12th June 1925 | |
| X9770 S/W (Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}) O/Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}17/1H12.6.25. re: Dummy 40/50 H.P. Sports Car. With reference to our telephone conversation of this afternoon, we now find that unfortunately neither of the two Sports Bodies still at Barker's are trimmed, and they are therefore, unsuitable for the purpose we have in mind. We have in London and are about to return to the Works, a Dummy 40/50 H.P. "U" Series chassis with "D" steering column and long wheelbase. Would it be possible for you to fit quickly to this chassis, a Radiator, bonnet and dashboard of the same height and width as "W" series will have, to mount on it the finished Sports Body you have and send the car back to Barker's London promptly? Of course, you realise that you would have to remove the levers from the Dummy "U" series chassis, but we do not think this would matter. C/Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} | ||