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).
Request for two trimmed and painted bodies for a 20 HP experimental chassis to be sent to Derby.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\3\ Scan451 | |
| Date | 6th March 1925 | |
| W/s. C/Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X3730 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG6.3.25. BODIES FOR 20 HP. EXPL: CHASSIS. V3730 X5830 With reference to C/Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}5/DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}6.3.25. Will you please have the two bodies you mention trimmed and painted in rough grey. We recommend that they are finished in varnish paint. We shall not be able to send chassis to have these bodies fitted, therefore we should like the bodies with wings, running-boards and all fittings sent to us by rail. We will fit them up at Derby. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||