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).
Use of separate number plates for foreign versus English orders, arguing against them for the latter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\4\ scan0273 | |
| Date | 7th July 1939 | |
| - 2 - BY.3/G.7.7.39. Where for a foreign order a separate number plate is required, this of course can be fitted, but for English conditions the separate plate is quite out of date, ugly and increases wind resistance. There is no reasonable argument therefore for being forced into the position of having the separate plate. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||