10,000-mile standardisation test for an experimental 20 HP chassis following a visit to Le Canadel.
| Identifier | Morton\M2.7\ img006 | |
| Date | 5th March 1926 | |
| Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [handwritten] x5840A [handwritten] To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from BJ. c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to CWB. BJS/D5.3.26. Visit to Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence). With reference to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 5/LG3.3.26, when any Experimental Chassis starts for 10,000 miles test with a view to its becoming standardised, please always arrange for Sales Department to have a similar chassis to start 10,000 miles at the same time. Presumably this 20 H.P. chassis referred to in your memo. is only going to R. {Sir Henry Royce} for approval and consideration of the numerous alterations, and not with a view to running 10,000 miles. Are you building a similar chassis that Sales could have for test when the items have been finally approved by Mr. Royce before starting on 10,000 miles? BJ. | ||
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).