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 about fitting an EAC.11 engine to a 40/50 HP car for preliminary road tests under instructions of secrecy.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 69\2\ scan0165 | |
| Date | 17th October 1924 | |
| X8770 To CJ. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/LG17.10.24. S E C R E T - EAC.11. We assume it is understood that as it has been agreed that we can take a 40/50 HP. car fitted with an EAC.11. engine to R.{Sir Henry Royce} at W.W., this will necessitate us carrying out short preliminary tests on the road before we go. When we wrote to R.{Sir Henry Royce} and told him we were bringing an EAC.11. car, it was on the assumption that we should be allowed to prepare the car, as long as we complied with the instructions for secrecy laid down by you. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||