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).
Request for two shades of grey paint for a new bonnet being fitted to chassis 39-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\6\ scan0215 | |
| Date | 18th September 1937 | |
| 30013 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}8/JH. 18th September, 1937. Messrs. Barkers & Co.Ltd., Olaf Street, Latimer Road, Notting Hill, LONDON.W.11. Dear Sirs, We are fitting a new bonnet to 39-EX Continental chassis and shall therefore require sufficient paint to cover this. Will you please supply the 2 grey paints necessary to match, dark for the top panels and light grey for the sides. An official order will follow. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||