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).
Letter discussing opinions on a 20 HP car and the Goshawk II aero engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61a\1\ scan0129 | |
| Date | 26th November 1921 | |
| R.R. 836A (100 T) (S.H. 798, 10-12-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 3947 Contd. -2- R1/G26.11.21. of the latest type less than four months old, with the brakes quite ineffective. I was very pleased to hear that SA. thought our 20 HP. good. I wish he would have a better opinion of us, and have more sympathy during our period of trial. Remember we shewed the world how good a car could be made and how perfect an aero engine, both under trying circumstances. We believe if he will spend a little time on our Goshawk II, and realise - (1) how much of it we have made. (2) its simplicity, (3) and its performance in the direction we think most desirable, he will restore his faith in the grandfatherly old R.R. Co. which makes cathedrals. I was anxious to see SA. at the Show and have a little time with him, but I understood he was not in England. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||