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 coachbuilders Barker & Co. regarding the purchase of a secondhand Torpedo Body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 41\4\ Scan078 | |
| Date | 9th December 1919 | |
| From BARKER & CO. (Coachbuilders), LTD. (BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE KING.) Olaf Street, Latimer Road, Notting Hill London, W. Telephone: {508(?) PARK. 4801-2-3-4-5} Telegrams: { "Olafonia, Norland, London." } X480 To Messrs. ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD. 14 and 15 Conduit Street London, W. Derby HM{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/LW STAMP: S. & D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Derby DEC 10 1919 STAMP: RECEIVED December 9th 1919 DEAR SIRS, Re We thank you for your letter of the 6th inst. Ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG61219, agreeing to purchase the Secondhand Torpedo Body ex Angus Sanderson, complete with hood and screen, for the sum of £175, and shall be glad to receive your official order to complete our records. We are now having the body looked over throughout to see that everything is in order, and will advise you in a few days when it will be ready so that you may arrange to collect it. Yours faithfully, For BARKER & Co., (Coachbuilders) LTD. [Signature] WORKS MANAGER | ||