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).
Car specifications and parts required for tests in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65a\3\ scan0288 | |
| Date | 19th May 1931 | |
| To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} 87770 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/WJ.19.5.31. (5770) TESTS IN FRANCE. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}8/E18.5.31. The specification which was agreed to at Derby has now been altered so as to use the W.W. scheme of radiator and front engine suspension. This, as you are aware, means a fair amount of B.O. work and a number of new forgings to be made. As an approximate time it will be at least three weeks before the car can be completed with these parts. The car you have sent to us (GNS-2) is quite suitable but is out of date in a number of parts. We are arranging to take the engine unit and gearbox completely out of this car and hand it over to production as a finished tested unit, and to replace it with a new unit built up of standard production parts and the new pieces which are required. The wheels, radiator, springs, shock absorbers, will also be handed back to production. As regards the specification for the series which is to follow 'T' Series, we cannot get very far with this at the moment. With regard to 25-EX., the following is a list of items we wish to get on this car before it goes to France Rear brakes, anti-squeak shoes. Pistons with longer skirts to reduce piston knocks. Propeller shaft. Modified universal joints to make oiling more fool-proof. Dynamo with larger output. Bonnet with flip-flap shutters. Starter motor. Self lubricated bearings to overcome trouble with congealed oil in winter time. Rear shock dampers with split pistons. Low rating springs all round. H Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||