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).
Agreeing to the conversion of a car into a transport lorry and requesting the allocation of a new engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\4\ scan0425 | |
| Date | 13th March 1940 | |
| 1042 + 800 To Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}3/SW.13.3.40. 1 - B - 50. It has been agreed that this car will be converted into a transport lorry for use between Belper and the Works. The cast iron engine unit has already been removed for test bed use, will you please allocate an engine for this chassis. ---------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||