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).
Letter from coachbuilder Hooper & Co. regarding the manufacture and dispatch of a pair of front wings for a Sedanca car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\4\ scan0180 | |
| Date | 9th February 1929 | |
| X5390 HOOPER & CO. (Coachbuilders) Ltd BY APPOINTMENT AGENTS FOR ALL THE LEADING MOTOR CARS BY APPOINTMENT Motor Body Builders and Coachbuilders to: HIS MAJESTY THE KING. BY ROYAL WARRANT HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. OF APPOINTMENT H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES BY APPOINTMENT H.R.H. THE PRINCESS MARY, VISCOUNTESS LASCELLES H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. H.M. THE KING OF SPAIN. BY APPOINTMENT H.M. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. H.M. THE KING OF SWEDEN. BY APPOINTMENT H.M. THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN. BY APPOINTMENT H.M. THE KING OF EGYPT. BY APPOINTMENT H.M. THE KING OF AFGHANISTAN. BY APPOINTMENT H.I.M. THE SHAH OF PERSIA. WORKS: 77, King's Road, Chelsea, London, S.W.3. TELEPHONE: KENSINGTON 4762 (THREE LINES) HEAD OFFICE & SHOW ROOMS: 54, ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} JAMES'S STREET, PICCADILLY, LONDON, S.W.1. COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE FIRM NOT TO INDIVIDUALS. 9th February, 1929. YOUR REFERENCE Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJLl/LG. OUR REFERENCE TRT/WET. 86225 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., (Experimental Dept.) D E R B Y. Dear Sirs, Re Sedanca - 14-G4. We are in receipt of your letter of the 8th inst., asking if we have a pair of front wings suitable for the above Car. We regret we have not a pair made, we shall have to make them specially and we could not complete them until next Friday. To do this we should want you to 'phone or wire us first thing on Monday morning if you wish us to put the work in hand. If we receive a telegram or a 'phone message on Monday morning instructing us to proceed, we would do so. If we hear nothing we shall conclude that you have made other arrangements. We regret we cannot despatch them earlier than Friday next. Yours faithfully, HOOPER & CO. (COACHBUILDERS) LTD., per | ||