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).
Requesting a missing starter motor part to test a car with Balloon tyres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\5\ Scan147 | |
| Date | 24th June 1924 | |
| S to W. [Handwritten]: X3587 C/Bk{A. Birkett - Commercial Manager}7/LH{Mr Haworth}24/6/24. [Handwritten]: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}, [Strikethrough]: B.P. Copy to H.S. Copy to [Strikethrough]: R.{Sir Henry Royce} West WitteringHenry Royce's home town. We now have this car in London and B.J. proposes to try it with a view of getting our impression of the Balloon tyres. The starter motor is out of action and a part is missing. Have you the missing part please, and if so, is it possible to let us have it so that the job can be made O.K. by Friday mid-day? Bk.{A. Birkett - Commercial Manager} | ||