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).
Distributing copies of the specification for the 3 1/2 Litre Silver Ripple chassis and explaining its replacement by the Silver Ripplet model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\1\ scan0298 | |
| Date | 26th June 1940 | |
| To Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. to EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} 1022 Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}3/JH.26.6.40. HK{Col. T. Harker - Sales} re Specification Silver Ripplet 1.R.1. We attach herewith 3 copies of the design office specification number SR.1 issue No.2 for the 3 1/2 Litre Silver Ripple chassis 1.R.1. 1 set of prints is for Oy. one for Ashb and one for Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. It will be appreciated that this specification was drawn up between the design office and the experimental office, but that it does not follow the car was built to the specification in every detail. This model is no longer in the Senior Rationalised range but is replaced by the Silver Ripplet which differs from the Silver Ripple in that it has a shortened distance between the dash and the front wheels. A copy of this memo. is attached to the file copy of the specification SR.1 issue 2 and copies for Oy. Ashby and Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||