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).
Vanvooren body shell destroyed by a bomb and clarifying the status of other experimental bodies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\4\ scan0125 | |
| Date | 23th November 1940 | |
| 1245 To Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/ET.23.11.40. EXPERIMENTAL BODY. We have had a communication from Bs.{A J. Barnes - Assistant Manager} asking us for information concerning a Vanvooren body shell which was destroyed by a bomb at Lillie Hall. The only Experimental Vanvooren body of which we have any knowledge is one for the Corniche which, as far as we know, is still in a packing case at Willesden. We have no knowledge of a complete Corniche body being sent over, nor of any other French body being ordered for an experimental car. We should therefore be glad if you would look into the matter and see whether this particular bit of coachwork was ordered from Sr. for a trials car. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||