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).
Change in an order from America, switching from a special short wheelbase to a standard long wheelbase.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\3\ Scan040 | |
| Date | 18th February 1929 | |
| R.{Sir Henry Royce} Dept. F.{Mr Friese} Dept. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Dept. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Dept. c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. ROY{Sir Henry Royce} L.H.SS.{S. Smith} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} has received a cable from America that America do not wish to have the special short type of SS.{S. Smith} They wish to have their cars built with standard wheelbase that we are using over here. ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} will have modified the order placed for four pairs of side members from the short type to the long type. These will have to be hand worked where necessary as early delivery is just as necessary as before. The Drawing Office will stop work on any of the special parts that were demanded for the shorter wheelbase. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||