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).
Body change for chassis B-106-DG to a Drop Head Coupe, requiring weight details for suitable springs and urging an expedited delivery.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\1\ scan0158 | |
| Date | 5th February 1935 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} BT.{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} SFF. WJW/Skn. Re: Chassis No. B-106-DG. W.V. Weston - C. Leslie Hawkins. D/BP/HF{H. W. Frost - Coachwork Inspector}1/OG5-2-35 Sales Dept. issued an erection sheet for this chassis to a stock specification as they had no details from the customer as to requirements. The customer now informs Sales Dept. that he has purchased direct from us (Experimental Dept.) a Drop Head Coupe body which Park Ward's will require to fix to the chassis, and he suggests that any information we require as to the weight, etc. is in our possession. Will 'Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}' please let 'BY' know details of the body weight so that 'BY' can instruct suitable springs. The stock specification given by Sales Dept. shows a Saloon body, 8 1/2 cwts. Sales Dept. also wish us to make a special effort to urge this chassis through so that it comes out in the early part of this month, as the customer has been most emphatic in regard to delivery and perturbed at the | ||