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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).
Telegram from Claude Johnson (CJ) with production instructions for Vee Series and Goshawk chassis, gearboxes, and materials.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 69\3\  scan0016
Date  15th January 1925
  
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COPY TELEGRAM FROM CJ., DEAL. 15/1/25.

WORMALD MAKE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY VEE SERIES WITHOUT SUBFRAME AND THEN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY VEE SERIES WITH SUBFRAME STOP

CONCERNING GOSHAWKS DROP ENTIRELY THE THREE SPEED SUITABLE AND MAKE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY RIGHT-HAND CHANGE FOUR SPEED SUITABLE FOR SIX BRAKES STOP

INFORM BAILEY HIVES AND WEST WITTERINGHenry Royce's home town STOP

WHEN CAN YOU BEGIN DELIVERIES TO LONDON OF THESE WITHOUT BRAKES AND ALTERNATIVELY WHEN CAN YOU DELIVER WITH BRAKES COMPLETED STOP

DELIVER THE REMAINDER OF CHASSIS FITTED WITH THREE SPEED BOXES UNSUITABLE FOR SIX WHEEL BRAKES AT RATE OF ELEVEN A WEEK STOP

AGREE BAKELITE ALUMINIUM COMBINATION ON MAGNETO GEARS.

CLAUDE JOHNSON.
  
  


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