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).
Collection of a streamlined car and the body selection for a 20/25 model 10,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\1\ Scan046 | |
| Date | 7th December 1933 | |
| 261 To EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}18/KT.7.12.33. Even if it means leaving something undone on the streamlined car, we would like to collect it on Sunday night when we shall have somebody coming to London. If we are going to get the high speed test in before Xmas, we have no time to spare. Another point raised today is the body for the 20/25 which we are about to build up to send for a 10,000 miles test. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} wants you to consider this. Naturally the body we should like to run is the one which is commanding the biggest sale at the present time, and which would represent the fore-runner of a batch of standard bodies which might be ordered by the firm. Obviously we want the no-draught ventilation scheme, and judging by the time it takes to get the pieces at present, you might put them on order right away. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||