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).
Current fleet of experimental cars and the possibility of selling one.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\11\ Scan097 | |
| Date | 21th April 1915 | |
| R.R. 657. (100li) (SA. 333. 26.2.15.) E.P. 8140. 90180 ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (Four Lines). Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Mcr6/L21415. Names and Indicating letter. Initial of person addressed. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} A Mr. ADAMS Ax Mr. ALEXEIEFF By Mr. BAILEY Bn{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Mr. BARRINGTON B Mr. BERE Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT Cn{Mr Chamberain} Mr. CHAM C Mr. CHIG Cw Mr. COWE Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX D Mr. DELOC Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Mr. DAY E Mr. ELLIO Eu EURO H Mr. HALD Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALL H Mr. HANE J Mr. JOHNSON JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr. JOHNSON'S Secretary Bj Mr. BASIL JOHNSON K Mr. KILNER Mac{Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACKINTOSH Mcr Mr. MERCER M Mr. MOON Na{Mr Nadin} Mr. NADIN PN{Mr Northey} Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM Pa{Mr Paterson} Mr. PATERSON EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mr. PLATFORD Rn{Mr Robinson} Mr. ROBINSON R Mr. ROYCE RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE'S Secretary JR{Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE Sn{Mr Sanderson} Mr. SANDERSON LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp{Mr Spinney} Mr. SPINNEY V - VIENNA Wa{Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS Whr{Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHEELER Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD [Stamp: Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}, Do you agree?, Eu, WW, Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}, Mcr] Re Experimental Cars. 21.4.15. With reference to your recent suggestion that you would like to sell "The Mystery" and use a chassis on which are fitted a number of Northcliffe or Williamson parts, we would like to explain the whole position to you, particularly as we ourselves thought that the present time might be opportune for selling one of our old experimental cars. The experimental cars we now have are:- Chassis 1926, which is the only car we have with old type central brake. Mr Royce occasionally requests comparative tests to be made with this type of transmission, but at the present moment we are not using this car for any special work. The next oldest car is 2300 which has double rear brakes and on which are several experiments but nothing of any very great importance. The next car is 7CA which ran in last year's Spanish Trials. This is at present with Mr Royce for his use until 58NA{Mr Nadin} can be returned to him. It is fitted with several experiments but all of which could be removed without much trouble to another chassis. (contd) This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||