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).
Official order for a Humber Super Snipe Saloon and confirming the swap of a Jaguar.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\2\ scan0096 | |
| Date | 7th February 1939 | |
| 1069 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c.c. G/JWH. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/MH.{M. Huckerby}7.2.39. Will you please send an official order to Pickfords for a 6-light Humber Super Snipe Saloon, colour blue. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} has agreed that we can swop the Jaguar for one of these cars and Pickford has agreed to allow us £260 for the Jaguar. We expect delivery in seven days. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||