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).
Visit to Le Canadel and the specifications of a new 20 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M2\M2.7\ img004 | |
| Date | 3rd March 1926 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Handwritten: X5840a Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LGS.3.26. VISIT TO LE CANADELHenry Royce's French residence. Handwritten: V5840a X5770 X8991 We shall not have an EAC.V111 chassis ready until about the end of this month. Everything is progressing favourably. We shall have the first casting for the dashboard next week. Our efforts lately have been concentrated in completing aero engines. The first car we shall have ready for France will be a 20 HP. fitted with the following new parts :- (ready to leave in 10 days) 1. Steering. 2. Modified front axle and pivots. 3. New connecting rods with loose bushes. 4. Main bearings in steel shell instead of composite, one solid whitemetal and one brass. 5. Hydraulic shock absorbers fitted to the front. 6. Well base rims - semi-balloon tyres. 7. Pedals nearer the dashboard. 8. Body mounted on subframe. 9. Special front springs with more leaves. 10. Improved carburetter. 11. Exhaust cutout. 12. Louvred bonnet. Our suggestion is that Mr. Robotham will bring this car to Le CanadelHenry Royce's French residence accompanied by either RG.{Mr Rowledge} or DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} He could contd :- | ||