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).
Request to obtain a three-month license for an Essex car, providing its technical particulars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 21\6\ Scan015 | |
| Date | 25th January 1921 | |
| X.4217 D/L from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/TMW. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/TMW1/LG25.1.21. X.1692. RE. MARION AND ESSEX CARS. X.4217 In reply to your D/L22/B24.1.21. We should be glad if you will obtain a licence for the Essex Car for three months. Below we give the necessary particulars:- Make of Car------------ Essex Year of make---------- 1920 Colour of body-------- Green No. of cylinders------ 4 Bore------------------ 3" Treasury rating------- 14.4 HP Chassis number-------- 5A. 5908 Engine number--------- 25018 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/TMW. | ||