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).
Future Sports car body and wing designs, referencing contemporary models and publications.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 12\3\ X704-0095 | |
Date | 9th March 1928 guessed | |
- 2 - and whilst on this subject, we should be interested to know whether you have seen the illustration of a Sports car as seen by AMG. on Page 467. of last week's Autocar. This seems to give a very good idea of a Sports body of the future. We should also be interested to know whether you have under consideration for Sports cars in particular,Xthe bicycle type wings shewn in that illustration and which, as you know, are used on some other makes such as the Sunbeam 3-litre sporting type car. They seem to be so very much more practical than the long splayed wings and we should imagine more efficient, whereas, judging from the 10,000 mile drivers' reports, the splayed wings fitted on the Hooper car were almost too inefficient to be saleable. x not SS{S. Smith} Model which is really the future standard but for future sports cars. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} P.S. By the way, how are our friends, Jarvis, getting on with the last of the Sports bodies? | ||