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 to coachbuilders Hooper & Co. regarding incorrect keys supplied for a Phantom III body, No. 8475.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\1\ scan0244 | |
| Date | 11th March 1936 | |
| +304 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}7/KW. Exptl. Dept. 11th March, 1936. Messrs. Hooper & Co. (Coachbuilders) Ltd., Western Ave., Acton, LONDON, W.3. Dear Sirs, Re Phantom III Body supplied to Experimental Dept. We have found that the keys supplied with this body, No.8475, do not fit the door locks. The key number is 99.V. [underlined with handwritten "II" below]. Have you any record of the correct keys, and if so, will you please send them on ? Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||