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).
Sending an employee to coachbuilder Barkers to test improvements on the 10-EX car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 70\1\ scan0231 | |
| Date | 21th March 1927 | |
| To DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X8774 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/LG21.3.27. 10-EX CAR. With reference to your EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2/18.3.27. We could send a man down to enable Barkers to try out their improvements but we do not want him to be down there for more than a couple of days at the outside; we are already shorthanded here. If you will give us a date we will arrange accordingly. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} REQUISITION ON PURCHASING DEPT | ||