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).
The condition of car 98-NK after testing, detailing necessary overhauls and potential future use.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\4\ scan0249 | |
| Date | 18th November 1924 | |
| [Handwritten top center] X9770 To B.J. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hsl/LG18.11.24. 98-NK CAR. [Handwritten above first paragraph] <strike>X9770</strike> <strike>X9680</strike> X9770 We anticipate that 98-NK car will have completed the tests in France in a week or 10 days time. 98-NK car has now completed approx. 30,000 miles so that it will undoubtedly need overhauling. The bonnet and radiator are the old standard type. It will need the 1" higher radiator, bonnet and dashboard. The chassis frame has been drilled for several types of wheel carrier, and it has been reported that the frame has started to crack where the wheels carriers have been fixed. The pistons fitted to the car are special experimental ones, and will have to be changed. We consider, to get 98-NK chassis fit for a Trials car, may take a considerable time. Experiments however might be tried by fitting 98-NK [handwritten insert: engine] into the Open Demonstration Ca,r Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||