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).
Completion of B.V. chassis for sale, their locations, and proposals for using parts from other cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\2\ scan0127 | |
| Date | 20th March 1940 | |
| 400 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/ML.20.3.40. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Archer. COMPLETION OF B.V. CHASSIS FOR SALE. The following chassis are complete and are either at Park Wards or stored in London :- B.16.AW. B.22.AW. B.18.AW. B.32.AW. B.20.AW. B.34.AW. and frame No: 16. The following chassis are in France with Sr :- B.10.AW. B.12.AW. B.14.AW. The following Corniche chassis are complete :- B.2.AW. B.4.AW. B.6.AW. B.8.AW. The question is, how many further standard chassis can we complete if we utilise gear boxes off the Corniche cars and boxes released by the Experimental Department. We suggest that one Continental chassis, B.2.AW. should go to France and be completed so that we have one production sample of this type of car in existance for reference after the war. This then leaves three gear boxes off B.4.AW. B.6.AW. B.8.AW. In addition, we are going to release two gear boxes off Experimental cars. With these 5 boxes we propose to finish off the following chassis :- Frames Nos: 4, 17, 19, 20, and 21. It may be that we shall be able to release | ||