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).
Confirming arrangements for registering an experimental Phantom test car in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\1\ scan0324 | |
| Date | 18th September 1925 | |
| Y677 "Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}" DERBY 40/50 Re test car Hk{Col. T. Harker - Sales}15/MM.18.9.25 We duly received your wire reading : HAWKINS PROPOSE SENDING EXPERIMENTAL PHANTOM TO FRANCE FRIDAY 25TH INST LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WISH US TO AS REGARDS REGISTRATION. and beg to confirm our reply : HIVES PROPOSE FRENCH REGISTRATION AS PER DETAILS MY LETTER TO YOU HK{Col. T. Harker - Sales}6MM FIFTEENTH IN THE POST from which you will note that, as already stated in our Hk{Col. T. Harker - Sales}6/MM.15.9.25, we would advise you to adopt in future French registration numbers for any cars coming over here for testing purposes. We await confirmation as to the exact date of shipment. Hk{Col. T. Harker - Sales}/MM. MM | ||