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 mileage and modifications for a car handed over to the Repair Department.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\5\ scan0231 | |
| Date | 17th January 1939 | |
| 200a W/S - Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} c. to Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}1/JH.17.1.39. re.3.B.4. In reply to your memo. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}1/KW.7.1.39. This car has now been handed over to the Repair Dept. The approximate mileage of the body is 50,600 miles, engine and gearbox have done 25,000 in the chassis, previous to this the engine was used on the test bed, we have arranged with Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} to have the engine stripped. The rear axle 10 x 43 ratio was fitted with the overdrive gearbox, and has done 25,000 miles. The total frame mileage is 104,662. When completed the car will be half M series and half L series. The overdrive gearbox, 10 x 43 rear axle, fixed shutters and thermostat in the engine being M series, the rest of the chassis be equivalent to L series. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||