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 scrapping of car 27-EX, with instructions to salvage the petrol tank.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\4\ scan0121 | |
| Date | 5th March 1935 | |
| To Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to C. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}15/KW.5.3.35. 27-EX. We are handing this car over to you to be scrapped. We have a use for the petrol tank; otherwise everything else on the chassis can be disposed of. It is possible that London may have some use for the body: we are communicating with Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} on the subject and will let you know in due course. Order No. 54102. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||