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).
Refusal to perform further modifications on a chassis for Lord Cholmondeley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\3\ Scan216 | |
| Date | 26th September 1931 | |
| S/W Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 84117 C10/C26.9.31 Re Chassis for Lord Cholmondeley. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/AD18.9.31 We can, of course, quite sympathise with your view in regard to this matter, but our great objection to giving Lord Cholmondeley something that is too far ahead of our standard production (which we have got to dispose of) is that information gets round so quickly, so that such action makes it extremely dangerous from the selling point of view. I am afraid, therefore, we cannot agree to any further modifications at present. C. | ||