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).
The pressed steel construction of the Graham coachwork and its unsuitability for the required production quantities.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\1\ scan0189 | |
| Date | 14th January 1935 | |
| x470 7 To Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}19/KW.14.1.35. Graham & Coachwork Report. Replying to Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}18/WH.8.1.35. The Graham body has now been replaced on the chassis but the interesting features of construction can be exposed if you wish to examine them. Actually, as this is entirely a pressed steel body, which we have repeatedly been told it is not possible to produce in quantities such as those we require, we were not particularly interested in the Graham, but if in view of these facts you still think it would be worth while bringing Mr. Ward up, we can arrange for the car to be available for inspection. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||