Suitability of a standard 25 HP car for the Alpine Trials.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 56\2\ Scan024 | |
| Date | 4th July 1932 | |
| Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 3/AD4.7.32. ALPINE TRIALS We sent the following telegram to Hancock today "DO YOU CONSIDER 25 H.P. WOULD GO THROUGH ALPINE TRIALS SUCCESSFULLY" and below is his reply :- "YES BUT WOULD REQUIRE RIBBED BRAKE DRUMS STRONG ROAD SPRINGS HARTFORD SHOCK DAMPERS LATEST WATER PUMPS. REPORT SENT FROM BOULOGNE". This really means that the standard 25 H.P. is not likely to get through successfully and therefore as discussed with you on the 'phone, we do not recommend we send a car in these trials if you can avoid it. 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).