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).
Instructing to cease production of parts for the Vulture Car, which has been condemned as unsafe and is to be scrapped.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\3\ scan0211 | |
| Date | 5th August 1936 | |
| X1043 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}21/JH.5.8.36. Vulture Car. This car has been condemned as unsafe to drive, and will shortly be scrapped. Will you discontinue making any pieces for it, including the brakes instructed last March, which are now obsolete. Any parts actually finished should be boxed and handed to Test for storage with the remains of the car. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||