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).
Cover note for a letter from the representative in India about the running of cars fitted only with battery ignition.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M1\6\ img024 | |
| Date | 6th October 1921 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to CH. c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Wsr. c. to RP. MISC . Batt Ign only ORIGINAL. Has fwdg Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG6.10.21. GOSHAWK 11. Attached herewith is a copy of a letter we have received from Mr. Kirby, our representative in India who has charge of the running and repairing of all Rolls-Royce Cars. We wrote to him asking him his opinion on the running of a car, in India, fitted only with battery ignition. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} R.R. 285* (100 T'S. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 79A. 10-12-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2946 | ||