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).
Park Ward All Steel Body and the desire to test its torsional rigidity.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0394 | |
| Date | 13th August 1935 | |
| +204 To C. from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E.1/HP.13.8.35. re Park Ward All Steel Body. C.16/C.3.7.35. With further reference to the above, we have heard nothing further about this car coming to Derby. We are anxious to test the torsional rigidity of the complete car compared with our standard product. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||