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).
Recommending a test car, a black Hooper Saloon, be scrapped due to advanced decay and experimental parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\4\ scan0298 | |
| Date | 9th October 1936 | |
| To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} & Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X 104-2 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}22/KW.9.10.36. 21-G-IV. We are handing this car over to the Repair Dept. for disposal. It is a close-coupled, Hooper, four-seater, four-door Saloon, Black. The car has run four 15,000 miles tests in France as well as many miles in England. The body is in an advanced state of decay. The engine unit is one of the old bored out type 25/30 units, unfit for sale, the rest of the car has various experimental pieces on it. Unless this car can be used for transport purposes, we recommend it is scrapped. Alternatively, we could supply a small bore unit, C-7, which is fit to be sold but would require a number of experimental parts on it replacing to make it anything approaching a standard unit. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||