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).
Delay in chassis readiness for body fitting and the preference for closed bodies for testing purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0090 | |
| Date | 7th March 1933 | |
| V293. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} C. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} C. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} 2/KT. 7.3.33. BODIES B.4. EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}7/3.3.33. We shall not have a chassis ready for body fitting by March 13th. We hope that one will be complete by the first week in April and we think that the bodywork should be completed by that date. We should prefer to mount a closed body on the next chassis in preference to an open body. At this stage a closed body is much more useful to us as it shows up all vibrations and other objectionable features. Actually the next three chassis will follow one another very quickly, so that all three bodies will be required to be completed at very short intervals. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||