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 a radio supplier regarding their new Motorola car radio model for high-speed vehicles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168b\1\ img183 | |
| Date | 8th May 1939 | |
| 6153 Motorola WORLD'S FINEST CAR RADIO WORLD RADIO LIMITED EDGWARE ROAD, LONDON, N.W.2 NEAR STAPLES CORNER 'Phones-GLADSTONE 4255-6 'Grams-PAPELIAN Phone LONDON Your Ref. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}15/JH. May 8th : 1939 Our Ref. WSO/199/R.{Sir Henry Royce} Messrs. Rolls-Royce Limited. Experimental Department. DERBY. Attention. - Mr. W.A. Robotham. Development Engineer - Chassis. Dear Sirs: In reply to your letter of the 5th instant, we believe we have sold in the last twelve months more MOTOROLA Car Radio Sets for fitting to Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars than any other make, and the writer, having owned Bentley cars for the past four years, knows the requirements of your car owners. Our new Model 9-49 is ideal in every way not only for the Bentley, but for Rolls-Royce cars. It can be heard at speeds up to 90 m.p.h., and no Radio set, in our opinion, is safe on any of your products unless there is automatic tuning. We hope to have this model ready in 12-volt in about three weeks time, and will write you again, but in the meantime, please do not make any final decisions until you have tried out our product. Yours faithfully, WORLD RADIO LIMITED. p.p. R.B. Papelian RMP/EM. All contracts or agreements contained in this letter are contingent on Strikes, Accidents, Fires or any other causes beyond our control, and all contracts are subject to approval by the signature of a duly authorised executive officer of this company. Clerical errors subject to correction. Directors: R.{Sir Henry Royce} M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Papelian (Armenian). Stephen Papelian. | ||