Arrangements to road test the modernised 7-Goshawk-11 car in France after the Paris Show.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\I\October1922\ Scan55 | |
| Date | 12th October 1922 | |
| ORIGINAL. To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CJ. c. to BJ. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/LG12.10.22. 7-GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11. X3609 X4086 It has been arranged that I go to Paris tomorrow in order to try 7-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 under French road conditions after it has completed its work at the Paris Show. 7-Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine))-11 is a car fitted with a Saloon body. It is the same car that was driven 10,000 miles by the Amateur drivers. There were several complaints that this car was unsafe to drive over the French roads. The car since then has been fitted with the latest side steering tube and I am taking with me various ranges of springs and also the scheme to provide more friction in the pivots. This car is also fitted with the latest type fan and we propose trying the car on the same hills on which it failed before owing to boiling. The car has been modernised in all respects. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).