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 Briggs Motor Bodies Ltd. explaining the selection of a cheaper frame manufacturer and the suspension of the body programme.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\1\ scan0296 | |
| Date | 10th January 1939 | |
| 1021 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 10th January, 1939. N.H. Manning, Esq., Briggs Motor Bodies Ltd., Chequers Lane, DAGENHAM. Dear Manning, Thanks for your letter of January 9th. The present frame position is that we received alternative quotations from other manufacturers. The one we finally selected had a tool cost of half the figure you submitted to us, and, furthermore, the final price of the frame was considerably cheaper. The firm in question have dealt with us in the past, and we, therefore, know that the quality of their finish will be satisfactory. I am sorry that we have been unable to do business with you on this occasion. As you surmise, the body programme is for the time being in abeyance. Yours sincerely, | ||