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).
Preparation of a 20 HP chassis for a 10,000-mile test and requesting a new petrol tank filler design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\2\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 16th June 1926 | |
| To DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}, from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X52760 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG16.6.26. X5840a X5770 20 HP. CHASSIS FOR 10,000 MILES TEST. We are preparing a further 10,000 miles 20 HP. car. We are anxious that this car shall be fitted with all the proposed improvements. We are expecting to receive from you designs for a new petrol tank filler following the one recently adopted on the Phantom. Could you please let us know when we may expect this as we shall then have to decide whether it is worth while holding up the car for it. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||