Confidential letter from R to CJ discussing a board meeting, the Goshawk bodies, and pricing for the 20 HP car.
| Identifier | Morton\M12\ img003 | |
| Date | 30th November 1923 | |
| COPY 3 TO CJ. FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. TO DIRECTORS ONLY. R1/M30/11/23 My dear CJ., If you or my Co-Directors wish, I expect to be able to attend the Board Meeting suggested for the 7th prox. in London, but as the general election on the 6th Dec. is of some considerable importance I shall be glad if you will re-arrange the date if necessary to clear this event, unless it is in the afternoon. I am quite satisfied that the matter of 3 or 4 speeds is beyond my control. Regarding the increased weight and dimensions suggested for the Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) bodies I have already expressed my views of any increase being suicidal - (1) Bad for the R.R. reputation, (2) chassis not able to carry it, (3) bad for our big car trade. Better smash it up. It is just what we ought not to do. What Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) wants I believe is £200 off the cost to the purchaser of the chassis, £200 off the body. We cannot expect to find many customers for 20 HP. cars at the price these are quoted complete. Yours ever, (in sadness) R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).