Future development strategy for the 40/50, Heron, and Seagull models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 183\M22\ img253 | |
| Date | 19th January 1923 | |
| R - TO DEVELOP 40/50 FURTHER 40/60 X.3548. HERON(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo) OR NOT? 6EX IS SO GOOD! SEAGULL(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine) WOR {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} SAYS 'YES', R PASSES THE BUCK TO CJ. R8/M19.1.23. To CJ. from R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to CJ. LHS. {Lord Herbert Scott - Chair} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} BY c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} RE. 40/50 X.3548. There was much discussion as to whether we were to go on modifying the 40/50 or not, or leave it alone, producing the "Seagull(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine)" as quickly as possible. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} was in favour of continuing to improve the 40/50, at the same time to abandon the "Heron(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo)" in favour of pushing forward with the "Seagull(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine)", but when we consider all these things together it looks as though the "Heron(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo)" should be the ultra modified 40/50, and therefore should not be abandoned unless we abandon altering the 40/50. At first I was inclined to make no more alterations to the 40/50 but when we considered the advantages of the equipment we had on 6.EX, and the small amount of modifications necessary to put on this electrical equipment, it was thought that we ought to go the whole hog and put all the modifications we can on the 40/50 in case the "Seagull(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine)" was slow to come into production, and also such a policy is favourable for the American production in which it is expected that they will be going on somewhat longer than we are before adopting the "Seagull(Experimental EAC.1 aka Export chassis, Phantom I engine)". I should be glad of Mr. Johnson's wishes in this matter. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).