Unsuccessful attempt to purchase a Chrysler Coupe, and the ongoing need for one with independent front suspension.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\2\ scan0126 | |
| Date | 16th August 1939 | |
| 105H W/S. {Derby Works / Sales} To C. from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} c. By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} 2/MH. {M. Huckerby} 16.8.39 With reference to your memo C12/C14.8.39, the Chrysler Coupe at Birmingham was unsuitable because it was not fitted with independent front suspension. We should still like to buy a Chrysler Coupe, but it must have independent suspension. This particular Coupe was sold when we rang up the Garage. If you should hear of a suitable Coupe it seems necessary to order it provisionally and have someone from Derby to try it straight away. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} | ||
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).