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).
Delay of vehicle tests in France due to logistical constraints involving personnel and another car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0043 | |
| Date | 14th March 1933 | |
| 8553a To PN.{Mr Northey} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}10/MJ.14.3.33. Replying to PN.{Mr Northey}4/WT.13.3.33. It would be a great advantage to us if you could delay your tests of the Bensport car in France until we have the 25 HP. (18-G4) car out there. At the present time, with only one car in France, it means that if you take away Bensport we shall have five men out there with nothing to do. It will not be worth while them coming back, and this means that we shall have to pay them with nothing to do. If you could put your visit off for about a week we then expect to have 18-G4. out there and the men could be transferred over to that car without any difficulty. It is always more convenient for us to arrange official runs on the 10,000 miles test car either at the start or the end of the test so that we can make arrangements for our men. You will of course appreciate our difficulty. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||