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).
Secret memo confirming the engine is ready and scheduling a car delivery for the following Wednesday.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\3\ scan0007 | |
| Date | 19th September 1938 | |
| bbb ' 660 W/S. To Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} SECRET. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}8/MH.{M. Huckerby}19.9.38. 26.G.VI. With regard to your memo Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}4/JL.31.8.38, the engine for this car is now ready and we confidently hope to deliver the car to you in London next Wednesday. We do not think we can possibly better this date. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||