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).
Instructions to remove packing under the buffers of car 7-Goshawk-11 after fitting experimental front springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan369 | |
| Date | 19th July 1922 | |
| Wa{Mr Wallis} - Paris from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to C. X4086 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LG19.7.22. 7-Goshawk-11. X4086 X4261 If you have fitted two experimental front springs to 7-Goshawk-11 and also at the same time fitted extra ½" packing under the buffers which we instructed to be done when the springs were changed - we should like you at the first opportunity to remove this packing as it is now decided to use these latest springs without it. Will C. please let the next drive who is to take charge of the car, know this and see that this job is done before he starts. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||