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).
Letter to a coachbuilder regarding alternative lamp arrangements for Mock-up B.50.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\1\ scan0211 | |
| Date | 8th February 1939 | |
| c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/PD. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 804 CONFIDENTIAL. 8th. February 1939. BY.10/N. Messrs. Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Dear Sirs, Re: Mock-up - B.50. ----------------- We thank you for your letter re the above, and would be glad if you could meet us at St.Pancras at the usual time ( 11.20 a.m.) on Friday next February 10th. 1939. We do not want the large centre lamp LB.140 as originally instructed. We would like to see alternatives: (1) Centre Lamp F.T.67. (2) Two Lamps F.T.67, one each side at the bumper fixing. Will you please arrange to borrow a pair of these lamps and if not to buy a pair. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. CHIEF ENGINEER - CHASSIS. | ||