Registered design, ownership, and pricing of over-riders for bumper bars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\3\ scan0105 | |
| Date | 11th April 1938 | |
| SECRET. 1023. W/S {Derby Works / Sales} - Hn {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} , Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les.10/JH.11.4.38. Over-riders of Bumper Bars. We find that the over-rider used on bumpers on R.R. cars is a registered design belonging to Ridlington. Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} tells me that you were responsible for the shape and that Ridlington must have made a fast move to register it. Can you let me know the true story. We find that Ridlington's prices are too high, but at the same time Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} likes our present standard over-rider. We are informed that if it is true that this over-rider is our design even if only a very rough sketch was given to Ridlington, we have perfect liberty to use the design. RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les. | ||
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).