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).
Disposing of older cars and modifying car GAE-20 to a new specification for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\4\ scan0217 | |
| Date | 21th January 1936 | |
| X1042 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW.21.1.36. GAE-20. We are going to dispose of 20-G-IV, and possibly another of our old 20/25 HP. cars. We want to bring GAE-20 up to 22-G-V specification, for tests at Derby. We agree that this car is out of date but we do not mind the frame having to be drilled because it will not be used for 15,000 miles tests. We must, however, have a car for experiments at Derby and this is the quickest way of getting one, since it takes about 8 weeks to get a new body and mounting. The attached list which we have got from Castle shows the modifications required, to which we have to add :- (1) Marles type steering. (2) Low rating front springs as on 22-G-V.{VIENNA} (3) Hypoid rear axle. (4) Complete new large bore engine unit as C-16. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||