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 regarding the handover and testing of car 12-B-V (Ripple) in London traffic conditions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\5\ scan0221 | |
| Date | 1st August 1939 | |
| HooF SECRET. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Ey. c. Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}_______ Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/R.1.8.39. 12-B-V, which is representative of the Ripple, with the exception that it has a Bentley radiator on it, was handed over to Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} on July 28th for running. In view of the fact that we have two cars running in France, which are largely composed of the same bits, we consider the most useful thing we can do with 12-B-V at present is to run it under London traffic conditions. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||