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 Klaxons Ltd. regarding the testing of their motor and a potential order for 500 units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\3\ scan0210 | |
| Date | 9th March 1940 | |
| Set leaders 1188 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards}4/GH.9.3.40. 9th March 1940. Messrs. Klaxons Ltd. 201 Holland Park Avenue, LONDON W.11. Dear Sirs, FOR THE ATTENTION OF MR. C. R.{Sir Henry Royce} GENTRY. Many thanks for yours of the 5th instant, and we shall be very glad to test your motor as soon as it comes to hand. In the event of its proving satisfactory we shall probably require quantities in the order of 500. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED | ||