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).
Request to amend an order for a 1938 Buick car to include the newly available self-shifting transmission.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\3\ scan0017 | |
| Date | 21th September 1937 | |
| W/S. C. from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1049 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/R.21.9.37. With reference to our order for the Buick car, we now find that the 1938 Buicks can be obtained with self-shifting transmission as an optional equipment. This has only just been announced. Will you please arrange with Messrs. Lendrum & Hartman that the car ordered should be fitted with this equipment. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||