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 from coachbuilder Park Ward & Co. Ltd. confirming cooperation on a scheme to weigh a Bentley body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\2\ scan0007 | |
| Date | 8th July 1937 | |
| 1115 PARK WARD & CO. LTD COACHBUILDERS DIRECTORS: A.T.ROBERTS. W.M.PARK. C.W.WARD W.C.THORNE. J.A.FALCONER, C.A. C.FALCONER. W.S.PAGE OFFICIALLY APPOINTED RETAILERS OF ROLLS ROYCE CARS (SHOWROOMS - 40 CONDUIT STREET) 473 HIGH ROAD WILLESDEN LONDON N W 10 TELEPHONE: WILLESDEN 2595 (6 LINES) TELEGRAMS: WARENPAR WILLROAD LONDON PLEASE QUOTE FOLLOWING REF. NAT/MO. 8th July, 1937. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. F Dodd. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/R.{Sir Henry Royce} For the attention of Mr. Robotham. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 5th instant and we discussed this matter with Mr. Dodd yesterday and we confirm that we shall be only too pleased to co-operate with you with regard to weighing the Bentley body under the scheme you suggest. We understood it would be your intention of sending your representative here so that the matter can be carried out on your lines and we have arranged for one of our representatives to give all the time necessary in the hope that good results will be obtained. Perhaps you will be good enough to let us know in due course when your representative will attend so that we can commence this programme. Yours faithfully, for PARK WARD & CO. LTD. W.H. Thompson [Handwritten Note] E Dodd Didn't Craster tell them all about this? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||