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).
Difficulty of sourcing a Buick car with an automatic gearbox for the right-hand drive market.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\3\ scan0035 | |
| Date | 29th October 1937 | |
| 1049 Remind me to reply on receipt of cable from Buicks. S/W Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}..from C. C11/C29.10.37 More trouble has arisen over your Buick car. Mr. Hartman telephoned me this morning that he has received a cable saying that the automatic gearbox can only be supplied with left-hand steering chassis. As Mr. Hartman points out, this makes the car practically unsaleable over here, and he says that the servicing of the gearbox, which will not be exported generally from America for a year at least, means replacing the whole box if anything goes wrong. Perhaps you will please let me know if you still want us to get the left-hand steering chassis with this gearbox. C. | ||