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).
Alterations to a car body and concerns about its durability on Continental roads.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\3\ scan0185 | |
| Date | 28th September 1926 | |
| W/S. To C. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X3908 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/LG28.9.26. With reference to C10/C27.9.26. We quite believe that the alterations you mention as having been carried out by the Paris Depot, will have a beneficial effect upon the heated air entering the body. If Paris are satisfied that the scheme in question will withstand flying stones, which cause so much trouble on Continental roads, we see no objection to the scheme being fitted. From our own experience, however, we feel that the arrangement in question will be liable to disintegrate if the car was driven at high speeds on typically bad Continental roads. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||