Distributing specifications for the production model Cresta, derived from the Silver Phantom PL.259.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\3\ scan0108 | |
| Date | 1st July 1940 | |
| 1298 To Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH. c. to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. to Ev {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} /JD. {J. Draper - Frames} Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 4/JH.1.7.40. re Specification of Production Model Cresta. Attached are 3 copies of the specification for the production model of Cresta No.PL.262, 1 prints of Cy. 1 for Ashby and 1 for Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /HH. This specification represents how we would build the Cresta for immediate production and the whole specification is derived from that of the Production Silver Phantom PL.259. The experimental model of this car is 4.B.50. Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||
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).