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).
Requesting the Goshawk trial car test be extended from 10,000 to 20,000 miles to be completed in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\2\ Scan219 | |
| Date | 1st April 1922 | |
| X 4086 To Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from CJ. To EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} from CJ. To Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} from CJ. To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from CJ. To HJ from CJ. Goshawk - 10,000 Miles Trial Car. Please arrange that the car which is about to complete the 10,000 miles should not be brought home. Any broken parts can be replaced in France but the driving at 350 miles a day should be continued until we have completed 20,000 miles before the car returns to Derby. Possibly we may arrange that a part of the second 10,000 miles may be driven by amateurs. CJ. | ||