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).
40/50 HP car for Sir Norman Watson, stating the standard model is sufficient.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\3\ Scan387 | |
| Date | 9th December 1932 | |
| 87960. To PN.{Mr Northey} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/MJ.9.12.32. SIR NORMAN WATSON. 40/50 HP. CAR. Replying to PN.{Mr Northey}1/WT.8.12.32. We see no reason at all why we should make a special car for Sir Norman Watson. We maintain that our standard car is perfectly satisfactory for the conditions you have described. It must be remembered that we have any amount of experience of Phantom cars running under cold conditions. We are assuming that the car will be fitted with a spring in the thermostat and we do not see that anything else is required. As regards the hand control, this means a special design. We assume that BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} will reply on this point. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||