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).
Potential buyer for an experimental car and querying the status of the 10-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 70\1\ scan0030 | |
| Date | 28th October 1929 | |
| x8774. To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}8/E28.10.29 I met a man at the Show who was a RR 20 HP owner, and he had in his possession a photograph of the Sports Phantom which we showed to the Prince of Wales. He said that, if the owner wanted to sell it, he would be interested. I was thinking at the time that the car photographed was 10-EX, but of course such is not really the case. I daresay, however, that he would be interested to buy 16-EX. Is there any reason so far as you know why we should not sell it, provided of course we made it clear that it had certain experimental features which had never been put into production? 10-EX, I notice, did not figure on W's list of cars at the end of the quarter. Presumably this is because Lp.{Mr Lappin} has been using it for some time in connection with his work. Please let me know if you are counting it as being on Sales stock list. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||