Request to license a new experimental car, listing its specifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\3\ scan0412 | |
| Date | 27th March 1939 | |
| 1162 D {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} /L. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 9/JH.27.3.39. Will you please have a licence taken out for a new experimental car particulars are as follows :- Chassis - Rolls Royce. Engine No. B.80 No.1 Unit. Bore - 3½ inches. Stroke - 4½ inches. No. of cyls. - 8. H.P. R.A.C. 39.29. Body - Park Wards. Body & wings colour - black, Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /ED. {J. L. Edwards} | ||
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).