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 storage of a repaired Corniche body and the settlement of garage rent in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\4\ scan0001 | |
| Date | 3rd January 1940 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} 1208 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 8/BA.3.1.1940. Herewith a copy of a note we have received from Sr. Our tools stores and the repaired Corniche body will be stored in this Garage. " The Chateauroux Garage rent has now finally been settled as also the coachbuilders repair estimates. With regard to the Garage, we have finally come to an agreement to pay one third of the present rent, i.e. Fcs. 6.500 ( viz. Fcs. 2.166,60 per year). This is quite a remarkable achievement as after all we are a foreign company operating in France. We have given the proprietor permission to park some cars in the Garage in the available space. Obviously after the hostilities the rent will come back to Fcs.6.500 per anum. As regards the coachbuilders, their estimates have been approved by Parsons for the Insurance Company and the matter will shortly be settled. I trust you will find this more than satisfactory". ------------------ Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||