Letter to coachbuilder Park Ward & Co. commissioning the build of a Continental Touring Limousine body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\5\ X 604 Body-page040 | |
| Date | 21th November 1936 | |
| Copy to E.De. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rs {Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} /JD. {J. Draper - Frames} Hn. {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} HPH 604 E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 1/HN. {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} 21.11.36. Messrs. Park Ward & Co., 473, High Road, Willesden, London, N.W.10. Dear Sirs, Re Continental Touring Limousine. 25.G.6. We send herewith LeC.5186 showing a 1/8 scale layout and LeC.5290 of a 1/16th. scale of an E steering Continental Touring Limousine for chassis 25.G.6., which is the same type of chassis as 24.G.6. We also enclose herewith a copy of the specification of the coachwork and we would be glad to receive your comments. We wish you to build one of these bodies and have asked Sales to issue the necessary order. Would you kindly go ahead forthwith with the full sized drawing and let the writer know as soon as it is complete and ready for inspection. As this matter is urgent no time should be lost in making a start. Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. Att: | ||
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).