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).
Recommendation of cellulose paint over coachpaint for sea air conditions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\1\ scan0078 | |
| Date | 5th March 1936 | |
| W/S - Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} X1021 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}3/KW.5.3.36. Re D.H. & A.H. Bloomer. I have questioned Messrs. Sanderson & Holmes with regard to the cellulose they recommended to the above named owners. Apparently there is no question of any particular brand being used, they recommended the cellulose in preference to coachpaint for sea air. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.Dodd. | ||