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).
Secret memo regarding the status of chassis 59-PK and 48-PK, including work done on 4-wheel brakes and suitability for trials.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 73\3\ scan0215 | |
| Date | 25th September 1924 | |
| X9940 To PN.{Mr Northey} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} SECRET. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG25.9.24. CHASSIS - 59-PK - and 48-PK. X9940 X9680 Referring to your PN{Mr Northey}2/DN24.9.24. 59-PK car was allotted to the Experimental Dept. as a completely finished car. The only work we have carried out on it is the fitting of 4-wheel brakes. Nothing we have done should have affected the power or the noise. In your memo. you mention an open car which we are going to supply. 48-PK car, the other car which we are preparing, is a Park Ward Cabriolet. We consider it is a good example of a 40/50 HP. CWB. ran it for a considerable distance - perhaps he could tell you whether he considers the car suitable for a Trials Car. Although the body on 48-PK car has finished paint-work, the chassis is still only works-grey, and therefore it would need painting, and the whole car would be improved with a coat of varnish. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||