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).
Extract discussing potential stock body types, specifically a Sports Saloon and Open Saloon, and their supply source.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0001 | |
| Date | 19th January 1932 | |
| Extracts X204 SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EVL/M19.1.32. x5830. x4027. C. to WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} re BODIES. B. 2. This car would call for possibly 2 stock bodies: (1) Sports Saloon. (2) Open Saloon. The source of supply, the writer suggests, would be common to that of Per:2., and that experimental bodies as models would also be made by our own trained coachbuilders. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||