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).
Secret 'V' Series memo urging progress on new side levers and detailing a specific 4-door cabriolet body for the steel underframe.
| Identifier | Morton\M3.2\ img015 | |
| Date | 13th March 1925 | |
| Handwritten notes: VM QU HOLDING UP WHAT V SERIES ALL MATTERS OR CR{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} AD EB. 19.3.25 X8830 X8380 Typed document: FROM H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} S E C R E T. R13/AS.13.3.25. Copy to - 'V' SERIES. To me it is absolutely necessary to at once get on the new side levers which are so much neater for room, and give the coachbuilders a chance to make a neat and strong scheme past them. They also permit the use of the steel underframe. The body you are proposing for my use - i.e. open, with glass windows, and Beatonson head, (light cabriolet) with 4 doors must be built on our steel underframe. I do not know what is delaying this. Will AJS. and DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} report? R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||