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).
Delay in fitting parts to a Sports Car and arranging a test drive of an alternative vehicle, 12-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65a\1\ scan0166 | |
| Date | 1st November 1927 | |
| S/W. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X9770 CWB12/GM/1.11.27. SPORTS CAR. Thank you for your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}3/LG31.10.27. Naturally the fitting of the special parts you mention to the Sports Car cannot be delayed, but I shall be very glad to try it at the earliest opportunity after you have fitted them and decided upon the value of the alterations. I shall be very glad to try 12-EX in lieu. Would you send with it a list of the various experiments which you are trying on the car at the moment. Could you arrange for this car to be delivered to the Bond Street Garage before 5 o'clock on Thursday afternoon the 3rd October? CWB. | ||