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).
Need to improve vehicle qualities beyond horsepower, focusing on the Phantom & Goshawk models.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\P\2October1926-December1926\ Scan018 | |
| Date | 27th October 1926 | |
| TO HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} C.C. TO. RG.{Mr Rowledge} [REDACTED] BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} [REDACTED] DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}.. [REDACTED] ORIGINAL [STAMP] RECEIVED OCT 29 1928 [STAMP] PHANTOM & GOSHAWK. RECEIVED [STAMP] [Handwritten:] X8770 X8830 X5770 X5830 X8500 Something must be done to shew that we are giving reasonably good HP. from these engines. (1) Perhaps we are a little low to obtain our other qualities. (2) Perhaps we do not shew what we have got: therefore improve (1) and then shew it. Everyone must discourage heavy carriage work on the 20HP., or great windage, or great overhang at the back, because it makes a bad, slow, car. I would sooner make a longer chassis and have a narrow long body for six seats - i.e. two wide only, as on my standard (original Beatonson-Young.) Nearly everyone is fitting their cars with cast dashes, and instrument boards (more or less small) carried from the dash. It is not correct that we cannot do it, providing the scuttle is rigidly built, which has mislead us in the past. We should decide whether it is opportune to make a technical review of our points of quality, such as silence, and smoothness, caused by features (1) and (2), low speed performance, pulling at slow speed and picking up, and absence of necessity of changing gear, etc, etc, etc. Make review after working hard to improve such qualities. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||