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).
Confidential letter to Park Ward & Co. Ltd. regarding materials for a 10.B.5 Coupe.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\2\ scan0270 | |
| Date | 14th February 1939 | |
| c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} HOH 14th. February 1939. CONFIDENTIAL. BY.10/N. Messrs. Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Dear Sirs, Re: 10.B.5. - Coupe. We thank you for your letter re the above car of the 9th.inst. We agree to a chromium moulding as shewn to us on the B.50 mock-up. Should you not be able to obtain a better quality hood material of approximately the same shade as H.H.B.2643 we agree to you using this. We presume you will pad the hood. We have chosen a fawn leather from an old bunch of patterns we have, and enclose a sample. We would be glad if you would get a similar leather of the latest type. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. CHIEF ENGINEER - CHASSIS. | ||