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 Morris Motors regarding an opportunity to view a Cotal gearbox at Wolseley Motors.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\2\ scan0156 | |
| Date | 25th January 1940 | |
| 1153. TELEPHONE OXFORD 77777 TELEGRAMS 'VOITURETTE', OXFORD MORRIS MOTORS LTD. COWLEY, OXFORD 25th January, 1940. Dear Mr. Robotham, I have now had an opportunity of a word with Mr. W. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Thomas, Managing Director of Wolseley Motors, Ltd., where the Cotal box which you tried was produced. Mr. Thomas will be pleased, on receipt of a telephone message from you giving a few days notice, to give you every facility of looking at the bits and pieces of a similar gearbox. If, after seeing these, you should still be interested we could discuss with you the question of prints and the loan of a car with a sample box incorporated. I am sending a copy of this letter to Mr. Thomas by the same post. Yours sincerely, O.{Mr Oldham} Bodey P.S. Mr. Thomas's telephone number is:- Birmingham East 1501. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. | ||