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).
Proposal to refurbish a Lanchester chassis to evaluate its gearbox for potential use on a Rolls-Royce car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 181\M11\ img035 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1917 | |
| To EH. from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c to J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} ORIGINAL R9/B22:5:17. X.440 Re Lanchester Chassis. X 3053 It is thought worth while to put the Lanchester chassis in good fettle so that experience can be obtained from it of the virtues of the gear box, that is, whether it is desirable to have such a gear box on the Rolls-Royce car, even if it seems impossible to make it any better than the standard Lanchester. RECEIVED 03 MAY 1917 | ||