Sale of experimental Silver Ghost cars before the launch of the New Phantom model causes their price to depreciate.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\11\ Scan182 | |
| Date | 10th July 1925 | |
| Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} - from Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} X180 Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} 1/M7/10/25. With reference to the quarterly list of cars in the Experimental Dept. BJ. writes as follows. Will you please let me have your remarks on this, so that I may reply:- " Will Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} also please carefully consider whether any of the cars on the experimental list can possibly be spared for sale, and let us have any that can be spared as soon as possible. It will be easier to sell Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial)s at a reasonable price during the next few months than if we leave them over until the price has considerably depreciated owing to the introduction of the New Phantom(Codename for PHANTOM I). At present it has not had a great influence on the price of second-hand Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial)s, but we expect it will do so before next season. " Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} | ||
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).