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 from Jack Barclay discussing the potential purchase of a Bentley and a fault with his own car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\2\ scan0088 | |
| Date | 29th May 1941 | |
| OFFICIALLY APPOINTED ROLLS-ROYCE RETAILERS SERVICE DEPT BARLOW PLACE BRUTON ST·W·1 MAYFAIR·7444 OPPOSITE SAINT GEORGE'S CHURCH JACK BARCLAY LIMITED MANAGING DIRECTOR · JACK BARCLAY DIRECTORS · A.S. BARCLAY · I. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} BARCLAY 12/13·ST.GEORGE STREET·HANOVER SQUARE·LONDON·W1 TELEPHONE·MAYFAIR 7444 (20 LINES) TELEGRAMS · ROLBEN · WESDO · LONDON OFFICIALLY APPOINTED BENTLEY RETAILERS ASSOC.COMPANY JAMES YOUNG LTD COACHBUILDERS ESTABLISHED 1863 1047 JDB/MRW. 29th May, 1941. W.A. Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Limited, DERBY. Dear Robotham, Many thanks for your letter just to hand, from which I note you are willing to purchase a Bentley which is fitted with an extra large body. I do not know of one at the moment but I will bear your requirements in mind and advise you should I come across such a car. A friend of mine has a 1936 4¼-litre with an Arthur Mulliner body which is such a scruffy looking car that I would not like to buy it for stock. It can be purchased for £750 ( seven hundred and fifty pounds ). I am paying anything from £900 to £1000 for any nice looking 1936 4¼s. Regarding my own car, for the past three weeks I have had insistent'missing' in the engine. It has been up at Rolls-Royce on two occasions and they tell me that this was due to dirty plugs. I was certain in my own mind that it was not the case as the engine had never missed previously. The trouble, I have now discovered, was due to faulty condenser in the distributor. A new one has been fitted and the carburetters continued...... | ||