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 the urgent dispatch of replacement car parts for a vehicle undergoing extended trials in France.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\4\ scan0088 | |
Date | 28th October 1938 | |
To [s]Stores.[/s] [s]Hdy{William Hardy}/SC.[/s] [s]G.Abs.[/s] from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}_______ 400 G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}3/BA.28.10.38. 0/52483. Re: Testing in France. Will you please despatch per Air Mail to Mr.I.M. Waller, through the usual channels. 1 - GE.3240 Rear Propeller Shaft. 1 - EW.1879 Exhaust Manifold. 3 - EE.115 Copper and Asbestos Washers. The above are required very urgently as replacements on the above car now on 15,000 miles trials. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} | ||