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).
Purchase and proposed sale of a Landaulet body for the 5.EX experimental chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\4\ Scan171 | |
| Date | 1st August 1921 | |
| X+80 2729 CJ. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C. to Or. X3706 X180 BODY FOR 5.EX EXPERIMENTAL CHASSIS. About 12 months ago, with your approval, we ordered a Landaulet Body from Messrs. Hooper. This Body has been made suitable for 5.EX Experimental chassis which is a long type chassis with central change speed and brake levers. The cost of this Body is about £900. We suggest that at the present time this may be too much money to pay for a body for an experimental Car, especially when one considers that the chassis it is to be fitted to is never likely to become standard. We have an open body which was removed from Mr. Royce's Car which we could fit to this chassis quite conveniently. We should, therefore, like to know from you whether it would be in order for the Sales Dept. to try and sell the Landaulet Body at Hoopers' to a customer. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||