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 dispatch of a replacement speedometer for a car undergoing testing in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img206 | |
| Date | 18th July 1939 | |
| 6065 RC{R. Childs} To [redacted] from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}11/BA.18.7.39. O/52511. Re: Testing in France.14.B.V. Please forward to Mr.I.M.Waller, c/o Hotel-de-France, Chateauroux, Indre, France per Air Mail, 1 DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2310 Speedometer No.Z.912. This is being sent for fitment to the above car as the one at present fitted is incorrectly calibrated, which is to be returned. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC{W. S. Cassel} | ||