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).
Delayed return of a car to London pending the arrival of new timing gears.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\5\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 7th November 1938 | |
| 664 W/S. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}: c. DH.{D. Henderson - Showroom} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}8/R.7.11.38. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}'s Car. We cannot yet promise when this car will be back in London, but hope it will arrive by Thursday night. It all depends on how lucky we are with the new timing gears. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||