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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).
Request for the complete weight of a 5-Goshawk-II car and feedback on its performance during a run to London.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 107\4\  scan0002
Date  21th March 1922
  
Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} from EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
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EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}5/LG21.3.22.
Could you let us know the complete weight of 5-Goshawk-II in running condition ready for the road, less passengers. This weight, I take it, you will have to take and specify for transport purposes,
I should also be glad to hear from you, how this car behaves during your run to London.
EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
  
  


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