Letter to coachbuilders Barker & Co. regarding the purchase and modification of a 20HP Cabriolet de Ville body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5\2\ 02-page010 | |
| Date | 2nd July 1925 | |
| X5830 COPY TO HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ✓ "CAMACHA(Henry Royce's office in West Wittering)" WEST WITTERING(Henry Royce's home town). CHICHESTER. 2nd. July 1925. Messrs Barker & Co. (Coachbuilders) Ltd. Olaf Street. Latimer Road. LONDON. W. 11. Dear Sirs, re. 20HP. CABRIOLET DE VILLE - G.54S. We now understand that the administration have agreed to our purchasing from you an enclosed drive cabriolet body, and we shall send you a subframe for a raked column steering straight away. We understand that you have some of these bodies in an almost completed state and that you will no doubt arrange to fit the subframe into one of these. The only modifications the body will require will of course be the dropping out of the bottom sides in order to fit the subframe, and the widening of the scuttle at the dashboard to accommodate the wider dashboard which the subframe demands. We enclose herewith a sketch showing the dimensions of the dashboard; otherwise no modifications should be required. As we are anxious to have this body on the road as soon as possible in order to enable us to get on with our subframe experiments, we would be glad if the job could proceed as quickly as possible. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||
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).