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).
Hispano test run, observations on the driver's controls, and alternative travel plans due to a potential railway strike.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\1\ Scan073 | |
| Date | 18th January 1924 | |
| X4214 FN8/DN/18.1.24. TO Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM P.N. I have given the Hispano a run today. My impression from casually observing the driver's seat relatively to the steering wheel controls, leads me to think that the driver was expected to stand on the offside running board rather than sit in the car. In the event of the Railway Strike coming off, I shall have to drive instead of train up to Derby on Tuesday, and in that case, I should also have to return to London by car on the Wednesday instead of by train. P.N. | ||