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).
Letter from the Royal Automobile Club concerning a customs issue with a Phantom III chassis at the French/Spanish border.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\1\ scan0302 | |
| Date | 27th May 1936 | |
| 45 The Royal Automobile Club. Pall Mall, London, S.W. 1. Address all Communications to THE SECRETARY Quoting the following Reference T FAS/SP.{Mr Spinney} Telegrams: AUTOMOBILE, LONDON. Telephone: WHITEHALL 2345 (26 lines). 27th May, 1936. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Sir, re: Phantom lll Chassis No. 32-EX. Many thanks for your letter reference Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}18/KW of the 25th instant regarding the trouble you had with the French Authorities at Hendaye because the Spanish Customs had inadvertently taken an entry voucher from your Carnet. Why the French Customs should get very alarmed about this I cannot possibly understand, because all they had to do was to cancel the volets which were out of order, and use the next entry voucher of the Carnet. No question should arise with the Spanish Authorities, and I shall not need to trouble you to have the car driven to Irun. I will, however, keep the matter in mind and file your letter with the Carnet when you return it. Yours faithfully, F.P. Armstrong SECRETARY. | ||