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).
Secret memo regarding a delay with a full size drawing for a 'Phoenix' body, awaiting frame information from a coachbuilder.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\1\ scan0010 | |
| Date | 14th January 1938 | |
| SECRET. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1044 804. To H.I. from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} re Phoenix. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}9/E14.1.38 Referring to the request for a body, which according to your list received to-day is wanted in April, I understand from Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}, who went to Park Ward's yesterday with Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}, that nothing can be done about this until Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} supplies the necessary frame information etc. Park Ward's cannot even commence their full size drawing until they have this information. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} knows this but I thought you would like to know so that you could see that it was done as quickly as possible. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||