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 offering car 39-EX due to the new overdrive gearbox and leaked information.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\6\ scan0250 | |
| Date | 12th July 1938 | |
| 300b To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re 39-EX. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}18/E25538 Referring to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/R12.7.38 we have considered this matter and the main stumbling block to offering this car to Mr.Fairey at once is the overdrive gearbox. We cannot stop him talking and telling people that he has got it. There are a large number of P.III's to be sold before this gearbox comes in as standard. We have already had a customer tell one of our agents that he is going to wait for it so information has already leaked out somewhere. Such being the case, we propose to hold this matter in abeyance for a few months. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||