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).
Agreeing to a bonnet design and instructing that coachbuilders can cut it to suit the body and wings.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\V\March1931-September1931\ Scan314 | |
| Date | 13th July 1931 | |
| AJL ORIGINAL. TO [REDACTED]. FROM EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} COPY TO [REDACTED] HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} P.2. BONNETS. EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}3/13.7.31. (53)10s 3d x7260. We thank you for your BY/Cgh{W Clough}3/G.6.7.31. and the print of Sch.I508. We agree to the design as suggested. It should be made clear to the coachbuilder that the shape of the bonnet at the base as he receives it is not the shape it must remain but that he may cut it to suit his body and wings. EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||