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 to Park Ward & Co. Ltd. regarding the battery position for the 8.B.5 body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\5\ scan0208 | |
| Date | 6th June 1939 | |
| c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} 4506 CONFIDENTIAL. 6th. June 1939. BY.1/N. Messrs. Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Dear Sirs, Re: Body for 8.B.5. Will you please arrange for the battery to be under the driver's seat on the above body, similar to the standard B.5. bodies. The floorboards will, of course, have to be altered to make it possible to service the battery. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Harvey Bailey CHIEF ENGINEER - CHASSIS. | ||