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 to Count Heyden confirming an invitation to see a 12-cylinder Delahaye car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 128\1\ scan0370 | |
| Date | 25th October 1938 | |
| 1104. Experimental Dept. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Cr.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester}8/MH.{M. Huckerby} 25th. October 1938. Count Heyden, 12, Queensberry Mews West, LONDON. S.W.7. Dear Sir, With reference to our telephone conversation of last Saturday morning when you said you might be up in these parts with a 12-cylinder Delahaye next month, this is to confirm that we would be interested to see the car from an engineering standpoint, and would like to have a short run in it, if you can find time to spare. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||