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).
Instructions for chromium plating an 'SS' car's radiator and headlamps.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 15\1\ Scan059 | |
| Date | 7th October 1928 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} X7250 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rmll/LGL7.10.28. We understand that you are instructing one of the radiators for 'SS{S. Smith}' to be chromium plated. If this is so, we can tell Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} to go ahead with headlamps etc. as R.{Sir Henry Royce} has expressed a wish that one of the 'SS{S. Smith}' cars should be chromium plated throughout. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||