Request to arrange a trial run on a Mercedes car to consider its purchase.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\5\ Scan116 | |
| Date | 2nd July 1924 | |
| W/S. {Derby Works / Sales} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} +407 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1/LG2.7.24. MERCEDES CAR - C27/C2.7.24. I shall be in London on Monday afternoon the 7th.inst. Could you arrange for a trial run on the Mercedes on that day. From London, I am going down to WW. so that I could discuss with R. {Sir Henry Royce} whether it was worth buying this car. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).