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 for a new sports chassis, codenamed Peregrine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\8\ B001_X100 Engine Chassis-page018 | |
| Date | 28th November 1931 | |
| X4027 SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. to WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} R1/M28.11.31. Sent off 30.11.31. PROPOSED SPORTS CHASSIS. During the visit of HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} to WW. on the 27th. inst., we considered the proposed sports chassis, and find that none of our back work is quite suitable. Even the 20HP. would be too large so that we must push forward Peregrine for this purpose. The special features it would have would be the supercharger, central change, rather long bonnet, and different shape of radiator, and most important of all a dropped frame so that the roof and centre of gravity could be kept low, which is of the utmost importance for safety, satisfactory steering, and performance. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||