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).
Outlining plans for a trip to the Paris Salon to test specific cars and view sports coachwork.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 128\1\ scan0024 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1927 | |
| To Ps. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 43531 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/LG3.10.27. PARIS SALON. Y3609 I hope to arrive in Paris on Wednesday night to attend the Salon on Thursday and Friday. I am very anxious to try the Sensaud de Lavaud described in the Autocar of the 23rd. and wonder whether Berend could arrange a trial run for me either Thursday or Friday. The other car in which we are particularly interested is the Farman with the transverse front springing. I wonder whether this could be fixed up also with any other car which you might consider to be of any special interest. At the moment we are taking rather a keen interest in Sports bodies for the 40/50 HP. I don't know whether you know whether Weymann has any nice samples on hand or any other French coachbuilder, if so, I would very much like to see them and obtain photographs, if possible, while I am over on this trip. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||