To stop work on the Heron & Stork projects and prioritize the Seagull P1 prototype.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 183\M22\ img260 | |
| Date | 29th January 1923 | |
| BY- HERON(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo) & STORK(Experimental pneumatic (air) front wheel brakes) STOPPED HERON(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo) SEAGULL(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine) (P1 PROTOTYPE) STORK(Experimental pneumatic (air) front wheel brakes) SEAGULL(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine) PUSHED ON WITH UTMOST SPEED ___ Dept. ___ " ___ " C. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} C. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} STORK(Experimental pneumatic (air) front wheel brakes) & HERON(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo). Will you kindly note that I have received instructions to stop work on Stork(Experimental pneumatic (air) front wheel brakes) & Heron(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo) details which we are working on at the moment, as it is not now proposed to build these cars experimentally. The position is, that we are anxious to push forward as fast as possible with the Seagull(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine) and therefore any Seagull(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine) work which we have in hand should be given preference and pushed forward with the utmost speed. Any parts of the Heron(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo) which are common to Seagull(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine) will, of course, be considered as Seagull(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine) parts and carried on with. This will include the front wheel brakes and the servo system for same which will be practically identical, so far as I can see at the moment for Heron(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo) & Seagull(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine). RV | ||
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).