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 an authority letter for a driver to sign customs papers for Chassis 26-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\1\ Scan088 | |
| Date | 4th February 1931 | |
| S/W. (Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}) RECEIVED 4 FEB 1931 X7120. Whr{Mr Wheeler}/Mac{Mr Macintosh}3/D4.2.31. Re: Chassis 26-EX. - Barker Saloon. ------------------------------------ We have not received back from you the letter, in duplicate, authorising Driver Heckford to sign Customs Papers, etc. on your behalf for the above car, which we sent to you in our memo. Whr{Mr Wheeler}/Mac{Mr Macintosh}11/D22.1.31. As a matter of fact, the car's departure for the Riviera was cancelled and in a few days' time it is leaving London for Berlin direct, but we still require the above-referred-to Authority. Please let us have this in duplicate. Whr{Mr Wheeler}/Mac.{Mr Macintosh} | ||