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).
Continued use of subframes and the production plan for car bodies 18-EX and 19-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65a\2\ scan0053 | |
| Date | 14th September 1928 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X7770 DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/1/14.9.28. EAC.LO FIRST CARS. X.7770 X.7380 X.7880 Thank you for your Hsl/LG12.9.28. We have discussed the subject matter with R.{Sir Henry Royce}, and the only definite ruling we could get was that he wished to continue the use of subframes, his opinion being that experiments seem to prove that it has advantages which outweigh its disadvantages, and that we shall have to insist on it being used on production if on 'SS{S. Smith}' we are able to establish the existence of these benefits. We are sending you therefore a subframe design for 18 and 19-EX, this weekend, which will relieve you of the necessity of building a dummy chassis. 18-EX is a saloon cabriolet for R.{Sir Henry Royce}, 19-EX a Hooper Sedanca like 14-EX. While we shall put both these bodies in hand at once, we wish to concentrate on 18-EX, as we have a lot to do to have the body complete by the end of November. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||