Letter from a coachbuilder regarding an order for a transparent celluloid rear number plate.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\4\ scan0216 | |
| Date | 19th August 1927 | |
| From BARKER & Co. (Coachbuilders), LTD. (By Appointment to H.M. THE KING AND H.R.H. PRINCE OF WALES,) Olaf Street, Latimer Road, Notting Hill. London, W.11. Telephones - { 6200-1-2 | 3-4 } PARK. Telegrams, { "Olafonia, Shepherds, London." } To MESSRS. ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD. 14 and 15 Conduit Street. London, W.1. DERBY. Handwritten at top: V4152 DEAR SIRS. Please Quote Ref. CWW/W 19th Aug. 1927. 192 Re R.R. 10 EX We thank you for your Order No.69172 to supply one transparent celluloid rear number plate 4-5/8" wide x 21" long, Registration No. CH5877. The standard size of these plates is 20 5/8" x 5 1/8" and before putting your requirement in hand we shall be glad to know whether this size will suit. The price is 10/6 less 10%. Yours faithfully, for BARKER & CO.(Coachbuilders) Ltd. Woul. J. {Mr Johnson W.M.} Lloyd Director. Handwritten at bottom: 3 11/16 x 20. Handwritten initials at bottom left: OK ofp Stamp: Rec'd AUG 1927 | ||
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).