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).
Manufacturers exhibiting cars without a chassis and a mention of two specific engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\1\ scan0085 | |
| Date | 22th October 1937 guessed | |
| 2. times, shows remarkable quality in execution, and infinite pride in fine workmanship. CARS WITHOUT CHASSIS ----------------- A few manufacturers, however, have made a point of showing purely mechanical exhibits, and these are all to be seen on a special stand. The makes here represented are Humber, Morris, Vauxhall and Mercedes, the German firm putting up their 540.K chassis, with most of its component parts in section, to make inspection easier. Humber show a "Snipe", Morris their standard model and Vauxhall their new 4 cylinder 10 HP. It is interesting to note that the chief novelty of this last lies in the fact that the chassis and body are all of a piece, something like the Citroën, but with a few excellent innovations such as the greatly strengthened main shaft casing. Vauxhall have also taken great pains to reduce noise, working rather on the same lines as our Gabriel Voisin. The cars without a chassis distinct from the body now on the market are: Lancia, Citroën, Opel, Gr{George Ratcliffe}égoire-Hotchkiss and Vauxhall, and their number promises to increase in the near future. With the exception of a handsome bare chassis shown by Minerva-Imperia, the only other purely mechanical exhibits of note are two Rolls-Royce engines, one of 30 HP. and one of 50 HP., each being a triumph of design and workmanship at their best. | ||