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).
Delay in fitting the Buick 'No Draft' ventilation system due to parts availability from General Motors.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\5\ scan0070 | |
| Date | 1st August 1933 | |
| LHS.{Lord Herbert Scott} (crossed out) Copy to: O.{Mr Oldham} (crossed out) Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} at H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} (crossed out) Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (crossed out) Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} (crossed out) X819. Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}28/BE.1.8.33. BUICK "NO DRAFT" VENTILATION SCHEME. A hitch has arisen in connection with the proposal to install the Buick 'No Draft' ventilation scheme on one of our cars. General Motors very kindly gave permission for the scheme to be fitted and offered to supply the parts, but now find that they have none in stock on this side. They have ordered the set of parts from America, but warned (crossed out) us it will probably take 4/5 weeks to obtain delivery. We will have the ventilation system installed just as soon as the parts become available. I might add that General Motors told us that outside their subsidiary Company - Vauxhall Motors of Luton - we shall be the first people in Europe who have been given permission to install the scheme on a car. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} | ||