Letter of inquiry regarding the valuation and sale of an inherited car with a Thrupp and Maberly body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\5\ scan0119 | |
| Date | 11th December 1940 | |
| ISLINGTON LODGE, KING'S LYNN. 11th December, 1940. Arthur Robotham Esq., Customers cars gen: 261(3) Dear Arthur, Just before my father died he bought a Rolls Royce Wraith which was first registered in November 1938. As I now want to sell this car I was wondering if you could give me any idea of the price I should take for it or the best way of disposing of it. It is a Thrupp and Maberly body and really in very good condition having only done 9,374 miles. I am sorry to bother you like this but the price that Jack Barclay offered me seemed ridiculously low being in the region of £900. I hope Beryl is well - please give her my love. It seems a long time since I saw either of you. Yours very sincerely, Eric | ||
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).