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).
Letter confirming chassis modifications for Lord Cholmondeley to achieve 70 m.p.h. at Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\3\ Scan172 | |
| Date | 8th September 1931 | |
| S/W Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RECEIVED 9 SEP 8417 C11/C8.9.31 Re Chassis for Lord Cholmondeley Confirming our conversation on the telephone with Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}, Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} agrees to the two modifications which Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} recommends for this chassis to enable us to show 70 m.p.h. on the straight half-mile at Brooklands, which is a condition upon which Lord Cholmondeley has ordered the chassis from us, the two modifications being high compression pistons and modified or new exhaust system. The number of the chassis we have allotted is GFT-43. Perhaps you will please make the necessary arrangements accordingly and we should like the chassis as soon as you can possibly let us have it. If you can give us some idea as to when it will be ready we shall be glad. C. | ||