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 discussing a potential car purchase, with details of a trade-in offer for a Packard against a Phantom III.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\5\ scan0167 | |
Date | 2nd March 1939 | |
bb. EMBERBROOK 2386 STATION, SURBITON GREENHEDGES, DITTON HILL, SURREY. March 2nd 1939. Dear Arthur. Hope you won't mind me bothering you when probably you're as busy as hell - anyhow Mrs Blay is about to buy a Rolls & knows almost less about the subject than I do. The position is roughly this. She wants a super-comfortable car without necessarily being too big. Her present big Packard is scarcely a year old costing originally I think £625. Mulliners have offered her a Phantom III for £2900 less an allowance of £600 for the Packard. It seems to me a fantastic price but maybe I'm | ||