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).
The order of a clock and speedometer with cream dials for chassis 16-G4.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 50\4\ Scan290 | |
| Date | 7th May 1929 | |
| To ROY. {Sir Henry Royce} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X4308 X46626 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 4/LG7.5.29. Please order the following instruments with cream dials for us to suit the patch instrument board. Herewith oil gauge which indicates the colour to be matched. 1 North clock F.77500. 1 A.T. Speedometer (20 HP. type) F.77569 size - graduated for 680 wheel revs/mile. These instruments are for chassis 16-G4. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||