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 thanking for the loan of a 25 HP car, requesting mileage information after losing records, and inquiring about refunding petrol and oil expenses.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\3\ scan0047 | |
| Date | 30th August 1933 | |
| x676. LIP See me HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} To: "Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}", DERBY. SEVRES Hml/Dn30.8.33 Dear "Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}", Many thanks for the loan of the 25 HP car during my holiday which I thoroughly enjoyed. I must apologise for having taken the car to London, but arranged for Crawford to drive it back to DERBY, and charge any expense to my account. Unfortunately I lost my papers which showed the record of the mileage run by me, but as "Tr{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance}" wants this mileage for insurance purposes, I wonder if you have a record of the mileage done by the car when I left Derby, and of the distance run when the car returned to the Works. I should be much obliged if you could let me have this information so that I can answer Tr{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance}'s request. I do not know what the rule is at present re the petrol and oil used when running experimental cars. I have kept all the petrol and oil bills, and if it is usual for these expenses to be refunded, I will send the vouchers along. I shall be sending a report on the running of the car in the course of a few days. Yours sincerely, W. Hallam Dr. | ||