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).
Effects of adding weight to the Goshawk chassis and proposing a 10,000-mile road test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan398 | |
| Date | 11th January 1924 | |
| 43730 CJ. c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} T Rg{Mr Rowledge}3/W11.1.24. 20 HP. X.3730 X.4538 X.4594 We have been into this question, and we do not feel that the addition of 1 1/2 cwts. on the Goshawk chassis is likely to cause any trouble. I think R.{Sir Henry Royce} would agree with this, but it is the question of a limit, and there are always a large number of cars loaded above whatever limit is fixed. I do not think we could do much good in a case of this sort with a bumping test, but that it would be better to take a Goshawk car fitted with a body of the type referred to, load it up to the full load, and run it a 10,000 miles test. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} suggested that if you wish we could suspend the Goshawk 10,000 miles test that is now running, and that this car could be fitted with a body of the type referred to, and do a further 10,000 miles in addition to the running already done. It would, of course, be quicker to merely put extra load in the present body, but the test would be more complete if the correct type of body were used. Rg.{Mr Rowledge} | ||