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 to General Motors requesting an exception to an export ban on a 1937 Buick gearbox.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\3\ scan0022 | |
| Date | 7th October 1937 | |
| 1049. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 7th October, 1937. O.E. Hunt, Esq., General Motors Building, DETROIT. U.S.A. Dear Mr. Hunt, We have passed an order for a 1937 Buick through the British Agents, Messrs. Lendrum & Hartman. We were particularly anxious to get the new gearbox with this chassis, but you will see from their letter, a copy of which we attach, that they state we cannot have this box as it is not available for export. We are wondering whether this expert ban can be released in this case as the gearbox would be coming to a motor-car manufacturing firm, and not to an individual. Yours sincerely, | ||