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 sale of salvaged parts and coachwork from chassis 31-EX following an accident.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\1\ scan0226 | |
Date | 12th February 1936 | |
To D/L. X1002 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}18/KW.12.2.36. Accident to 31-EX. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/CEP. is sending you a separate report on the condition of 31-EX chassis after being stripped. With regard to the coachwork, we have obtained a total of £16.10.0d. for the salvaged parts. All detachable parts were sold by Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}, Sales, to All Weather Motor Bodies Ltd., for £15, and the sum of £1. 10. 0d. was obtained from a local scrap dealer via Messrs. Sanderson & Holmes for the scrap body aluminium panelling. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.Dodd. | ||