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).
Secret memo outlining a proposal to send an open EAC.11 car to London for testing and to exchange it for other vehicles.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 69\2\ scan0088 | |
Date | 1st July 1924 | |
X8770 To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. S E C R E T. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG1.7.24. EAC.11. AND G.1. X8770 X8981 We are proposing to send the open EAC.11. car to London on Friday for BJ. and CJ. to try. The car will be fitted with the adopted scheme of brakes, latest clutch modifications, new engine coupling with fabric joint, Scintilla Magneto and we hope, the modified 3-cyl. branch exhaust system. We suggest picking the car up in London either Monday or Tuesday next and taking it down to WW. HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} proposes coming with me - we shall also bring the original Goshawk 1. chassis. We are expecting to leave the EAC.11. and G.1. at WW. and to return with 6.EX car. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||