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).
Suggestion for a narrow, three-seater sporting speed body for the Goshawk model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan070 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1922 | |
| To C. from Hst c. to CJ. BJ. c. to LHS.{Lord Herbert Scott} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} X3730 R6/M.2.22 RE SPEED BODY FOR GOSHAWK. X.3730 I suggest that one of the standard bodies for the Goshawk should be a narrow sporting body giving very little wind resistance, and a third seat in a cockpit behind the hood, somewhat similar in build to the one on the Delage which is here, or some other attractive sportive speed body. Such body with a suitable gear would do a very fine speed performance on Brooklands. R.{Sir Henry Royce} R.R. 2252. 100 T1. 100 HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 10B. 10-12-20. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2018 | ||