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).
Cabriolet designs for an 'India' subframe and the reuse of a Landaulette body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 104\3\ scan0009 | |
| Date | 13th June 1925 | |
| to [strikethrough] from EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} copy to [strikethrough] (Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}) X5380 EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2.13.6.25. RE "INDIA" SUBFRAMES. X.5380 [strikethrough]X 5830[/strikethrough] Re Hsl/LG11.6.25. of which you have a copy, we note that Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} needs a cabriolet body mounted on a sub-frame for "India". Could you send us some designs of cabriolets of the four door type for the Raked column chassis. The Saloon Cab. would suit the case quite well and we believe this is less expensive than the double enclosed type. If we had a Barker one we could use an existing shell if they have one. We are arranging to rapidly produce a sub-frame and shall be glad to get to work on the body. Regarding the Landaulette now on GF.68. we wonder if it would possbble for Barkers to remove the body from the old sub-frame and to mount it on the revised one. The body is quite good we believe, but no doubt Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} would be able to tell us whether he considers it worth while, or whether he can make good use of the body in its present state. EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} [Watermark: DICKINSON BOND] | ||