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).
Questioning the unsatisfactory stiffness of the 20 HP frame with certain body types.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan449 | |
| Date | 13th January 1925 | |
| To DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} ) HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to CJ. BJ. c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} X3730 R1/M13.1.25. RE. 20 HP. FRAME. X.3730 X.4260 Though we know that everything can be better at the expenditure of money and weight, and I agree to improving the above, I cannot understand why our 20 HP. frame is considered unsatisfactory in stiffness with a body built on an underframe, and at the same time appear quite satisfactory in the case of this Young body with Beatonson head, which has been so well tested here and in England during the last 1 1/2 years. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||