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).
Secret memo regarding the requirement for wheel covers on Olympia 40/50 demonstration cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\1\ scan0058 | |
| Date | 27th August 1935 | |
| SECRET +300 E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/MN.27.8.35. To Hr. Copy to Lt. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} RE OLYMPIA 40/50. We presume that wheel covers will be required for some of the Olympia 40/50 cars, and we would like to know whether you will require them fitted to the three Demonstration Cars 33-EX, 34-EX and 35-EX. Though there are modifications to the spoking of the wheel it will not affect the wheel cover, and we could probably loan a wheel and tyre to your Manufacturer of wheel covers if you would let us know to whom we should send it, and whether the secrecy can be suitably maintained. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||