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).
Letter from coachbuilder Barker & Co. reporting missing battery packing pieces and a deficient inspection lamp plug on chassis No. 26-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\1\ Scan037 | |
| Date | 4th July 1930 | |
| FROM BARKER & CO. (Coachbuilders) LTD. (By Appointment to H.M. THE KING AND H.R.H. PRINCE OF WALES) Olaf Street, Latimer Road, Notting Hill, London, W.11. Telephones { 6200-1-2 } PARK. Telegrams { "Olafonia, Shepherds, London." } TO Messrs. ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD. 14 and 15 Conduit Street London, W.1. DERBY. Handwritten: 7120. Please Quote Ref. ERC/IT. 4th July. 1930. Stamp: BP Dear Sirs, 7 JUL 1930 RECEIVED Re:- Sir. Henry Royce - Chassis No. 26-EX. We received this chassis at our Works on the 2nd instant, and upon checking it over discovered that three packing pieces for the Batteries were missing, also that the Inspection Lamp Plug is deficient. Yours faithfully, FOR BARKER & CO. (Coachbuilders) LTD., Handwritten Initials: AJL Signature Joint Managing Director. Handwritten Initials: HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Stamp: RECEIVED 7 JUL 1930 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||