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).
Goshawk 11 body design, including seat height, frame construction, and issues with bodies built by Mulliners.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan049 | |
| Date | 11th November 1921 | |
| To SP.{Mr Spinney} From R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to CJ. c. to BJ. c. to LHS.{Lord Herbert Scott} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X3730 RIO/G3.11.21. X.4219 X.3730 GOSHAWK 11. BODY. X.180. Thank you for your telegram saying that bodies can be built with runner ourside frame, and that the board on which the seat rests can rest on the top of the frame. This will give ample thickness for cushions and springs, and a seat when compressed to 10" or less in height. Under these conditions we should get a body which is low, and yet there would be ample height of body above the seats. This is what I am aiming at, so that one feels "in" the car and not "on" the car. I understand that the two open bodies made by Mulliners have been spoilt because Derby has sent Coarse dimensions. What I cannot understand is how these bodies were made different from our W.W. drawings, without calling W.W's attention to the fact. It suggests that in future standard coachbuilders' drawings should be signed by Mr. Bailey and standardisation sheets obtained. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||