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).
Cablegram from Cadillac in Detroit to Derby regarding the 1939 Sixty Special's gearshift and steering specifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 125\3\ scan0168 | |
| Date | 15th September 1939 | |
| FORM No. 6. 1052 WESTERN UNION (THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY) CABLEGRAM ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH Co., Ld. CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS. RECEIVED AT 1, BROAD STREET CHAMBERS, BIRMINGHAM, 1. (Tel. No. Midland, 1711.) TELEPHONE MIDLAND 1711 BIRMINGHAM, 1, BROAD ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} CHAMBERS 1939 SEP 15 PM 7 10 BM70 DETROIT MICH 35 15 NLT ROYCAR ROBOTHAM DERBY 1939 SIXTY SPECIAL WILL HAVE MECHANICAL REMOTE CONTROL GEARSHIFT SIMILAR TO THIS YEAR WILL NOT HAVE OVERDRIVE STOP EXPECT HAVE RIGHT HAND STEERS SOMETIME LATTER PART NOVEMBER SEAHOLM CADILLAC MOTOR CAR+ | ||