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).
Requesting the return of a Smith's car clock from a Studebaker to the makers for repair.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\1\ img265 | |
| Date | 18th July 1941 | |
| 6026 Elec To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/TT. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}10/JH.18.7.41. Will you please arrange for one Smith's car clock to be returned to the makers for repair. This clock is off our Studebaker and has lost both the hand setter and the winding knob. We will leave the instrument with Mr. Cheadle at Derby. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} O/N.753. | ||