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 telephone order of an exhaust system for a Humber Super 'Snipe' from Pickfords.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\2\ scan0083 | |
| Date | 16th January 1939 | |
| 1069 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. G/JWH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}2/MH.{M. Huckerby}16.1.39. We have ordered by telephone from Pickfords, Duffield Road, Derby, a complete exhaust system except for the manifold, suitable for Humber Super 'Snipe'. Will you please send them the necessary covering order. O/N. 52404. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||