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).
Expediting chassis delivery and the potential cancellation of armoured car orders by the War Office due to Mesopotamia policy.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\6\ Scan203 | |
| Date | 18th October 1920 guessed | |
| -3- impulse that is on the market which we think will probably last six months stop These need not be fitted when chassis are delivered but delivery of chassis counts from date pumps and starters are ready. Please do everything possible to expedite Writing Have wired this to Mr.Royce." It is realised that we cannot finish all the chassis, including modifications (without pump and starter) by the 21st November, but the more we can deliver the safer we are. The War Office, of course, may not cancel the order for any chassis undelivered on the 21st November, but they have the right to do so, and the Government may alter their minds at any moment in regard to the Mesopotamia policy, which would probably mean that the orders for armoured cars would be cut off immediately with a knife. C. | ||