Urgent memo to cease all work on the last 83 Phantom 'U.2' Series chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\1\ 01-page57 | |
| Date | 23th May 1935 | |
| Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} from Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Sft. {Mr Swift} c. to Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} c. to D {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} /Br. PRIVATE & VERY URGENT. X700 Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} 2/R.23.5.35. 40/50 H.P. CHASSIS. Will you please arrange to stop all work at once on the last 83 Phantom chassis of 'U.2' Series. altogether. The parts should be collected and put into stores This means that we shall build another 20 chassis only, and we should use only that material which is nearest the finishing stage. This will give us 42 chassis in 'U.2' Series only. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} | ||
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).