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).
Outlining the new procedure for distributing experimental car reports.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\2\ scan0219 | |
| Date | 31th December 1940 | |
| To: Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} [Struck through in red] c. to Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions} [Struck through in red] [Handwritten in red:] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} / HL Please note [initials 'Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}' circled] RE EXPERIMENTAL CAR REPORTS. Since the car section is now separated from us and at the Clan Foundry, it would help if you could arrange for all experimental car reports now addressed to Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}, to have a copy for Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/JD{J. Draper - Frames} and Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}, as copies of experimental reports are required both at Park Leys and the Design Office at the Clan. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} [Handwritten:] Cars in Experimental [Top right of document:] Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/RH.{R. Hollingworth}31.12.40. [Handwritten:] 1134 | ||