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 from The Rover Company Ltd regarding a meeting and faults on an experimental 20 HP car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\3\ scan0163 | |
| Date | 15th January 1937 | |
| TELEPHONE: No 8081 (7 Lines) ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY AND NOT TO INDIVIDUALS London Service Depot SEAGRAVE ROAD . FULHAM . LONDON - S.W.6. Contractors to H.M. Government TELEGRAMS: ROVER, COVENTRY. BCM/ROVER. CODES: A.{Mr Adams} B. C. 5TH EDITION LIEBERS . MARCONI MOTOR TRADE . BENTLEY THE ROVER COMPANY LTD Our Ref MCW/PM. NEW . METEOR . WORKS: COVENTRY Your Ref 15th. January, 1937. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr. Robotham, My Brother being away, your letter of the 14th. has been passed on to me. We will expect you here at 12.30 p.m. on Monday. I am enclosing some directions as to how to get to our Tyseley Factory. The 20 h.p. Car which is coming up to you being our first experimental model, I would like to make excuses for the one or two more glaring faults, which we think we have not reproduced on Production models. (1) The front wings shake (both wings and wing stays have since been modified to avoid this). (2) The clutch judders slightly on reverse. Yours sincerely, M.C. Wilks | ||