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).
Requesting an order be sent for the purchase of an Austin '8' car from Car Mart Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\4\ scan0013 | |
| Date | 3rd January 1941 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AA{D. Abbot-Anderson} To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AA.{D. Abbot-Anderson} File 1045 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AA.{D. Abbot-Anderson}4/ET.3.1.41. AUSTIN "8" FROM MESSRS. CAR MART Ltd. 320-4, Euston Road, N.W. 1. ------------------------------------ Can you please have an order sent to the above as Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} has agreed that we can buy Austin "8", Registration No. AFV.-977, for £205. Actually I collected the car yesterday. Order No. 753. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AA.{D. Abbot-Anderson} | ||