Telegram from Claude Johnson (CJ) with production instructions for Vee Series and Goshawk chassis, gearboxes, and materials.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 69\3\ scan0016 | |
| Date | 15th January 1925 | |
| X8770 COPY TELEGRAM FROM CJ., DEAL. 15/1/25. WORMALD MAKE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY VEE SERIES WITHOUT SUBFRAME AND THEN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY VEE SERIES WITH SUBFRAME STOP CONCERNING GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))S DROP ENTIRELY THE THREE SPEED SUITABLE AND MAKE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY RIGHT-HAND CHANGE FOUR SPEED SUITABLE FOR SIX BRAKES STOP INFORM BAILEY HIVES AND WEST WITTERING(Henry Royce's home town) STOP WHEN CAN YOU BEGIN DELIVERIES TO LONDON OF THESE WITHOUT BRAKES AND ALTERNATIVELY WHEN CAN YOU DELIVER WITH BRAKES COMPLETED STOP DELIVER THE REMAINDER OF CHASSIS FITTED WITH THREE SPEED BOXES UNSUITABLE FOR SIX WHEEL BRAKES AT RATE OF ELEVEN A WEEK STOP AGREE BAKELITE ALUMINIUM COMBINATION ON MAGNETO GEARS. CLAUDE JOHNSON. | ||
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).