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).
Options for sourcing and modifying a car body for the first experimental Phantom II chassis.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\U\2January1930-September1930\ Scan047 | |
| Date | 12th March 1930 | |
| ORIGINAL TO WHR.{Mr Wheeler} FROM EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} COPY TO CLARIDGE, HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} HN.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} RE FIRST EXPL. PHANTOM 2. for R.H.A.I. SECRET x7772 x7830 We note that a body for the above car is need for mounting on April 3rd. If Sales can find a stock body for the R.H. Chassis the necessary modifications to the front subframe crossmember could be made at Derby before mounting to make it suitable for the L.H. Chassis. If Sales can find a body of the 18.EX. or I.WJ. Type we suggest that such a body would be a good one. Failing that we suggest that we take a standard sixseater enclosed limousine as made for "D" Steering and mount it on a chassis with "E" steering. The fact that the wheel of the latter is .750ins, further from the dash could be allowed for in the squabbing. They must have "E" Steering and these are the two types of body in which they are most interested. In fact we believe that we can make such a good job of a body obtained in this way that it will be unnecessary to build two more bodies especially for the L.H. Exp.Chassis but only one. In a way it would be better to buy the Enclosed Limousine from stock and to build the close coupled car, as a replica of the car now in Egypt. EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} would like have a look at the body chosen before the matter is settled to make certain that it will fit the cahssis, and he would make a special visit to London for that purpose. EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||