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).
Advising not to place an order for an experimental lock that was returned to the makers for modification.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\2\ scan0339 | |
| Date | 4th February 1940 | |
| 1021 File Les/FS.{F. Steele} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}5/SW.35.40. Please do not send any official order for this lock. It is an Experimental type, and owing to mod- ification being necessary, has been returned to the makers. We pay postage of course. ------------------ Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||