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).
Cost estimates and details for the sale of experimental car 8.G.111.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 57\1\ Scan247 | |
| Date | 17th May 1926 | |
| S/W. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (Copy to Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}) ( " " Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}) 45720 Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}10/BM/17.5.26. Re: Experimental Car - 8.G.111. Referring to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LGL3.5.26. - will you please let us know what work you wish the official order to cover and what you estimate to be the approximate cost of doing what is necessary to make this Chassis suitable for sale as a secondhand Car. This information is necessary to enable us to arrive at a selling price. We note that Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} refers to it as a Car; please let us know whether it is a complete Car or a Chassis only - and if the former, what type of body is fitted. Will My. please let us know the figure at which this Car was taken into Stock at last year. JSg. | ||