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).
Design change note about the removal of the sheet aluminium cover forward of the spare wheel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 68\3\ scan0137 | |
| Date | 1st November 1927 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} X8600 c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/M4.11.27. EAC.14 SPARE WHEEL. X. 8600 X. 8380 We have so designed the body that we no longer need the sheet aluminium cover on the top of the frame forward of the spare wheel, covering the frame between the axle and the channel cross member. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||