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Notification of the purchase of a 1939 Vauxhall 10 HP car for experimental purposes.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 127\4\  scan0196
Date  29th April 1940
  
models file? 1097

D {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} /L from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies}

c. HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /GEP.
c. Ha/Kr.
c. G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /WAV.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 6/JS. {Mr Johnson's Secretary} 29.4.40.

EXPERIMENTAL CARS.

Will you please note in the records that we have now purchased a 1939 Vauxhall 10 H.P. car at second hand value.

Date of purchase - 27.4.40.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies}
  
  
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).


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