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).
The decision to fit standard front wings and shields on a car for the Aero Department.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\2\ scan0045 | |
| Date | 12th July 1934 | |
| EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} C........ Lb. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}✓ Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 17440 Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}9/DMcL.12.7.34. CAR FOR AERO DEPARTMENT. Your Ref: Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}3/HP 11.7.34. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} has decided, for several reasons, that this car should have the standard front wings, and we shall not therefore authorise the coachbuilders to carry them inside the chassis frame. We shall be glad if Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} will see that the chassis when despatched has the usual shields over the front dumb-irons, assuming that it is possible to fit these. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} | ||