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Potential Phantom car purchase, a Terraplane at the track, and the completion of another vehicle.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 27\2\  Scan051
Date  15th June 1933
  
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To Lp. {Mr Lappin} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} 15/KT.15.6.33.

Ronald Banks met someone in Italy who
wants to buy a Phantom car. I told him that although you were official aero engine 'liason' I did not know of anyone in London who was better equipped to give him information. If therefore he rings you up, will you do what you can for him.

I don't think I thanked you sufficiently for bringing that Terraplane along to the track the other day. It certainly gave me thrills; I have never experienced on the Bentley.

You car will be finished on Monday of next week. We have tried to make a good job of it as we can as you will realise it is probably the last time we shall be able to deal with it. I feel sure that you will find Hd. {Mr Hayward / Mr Huddy} a much more reasonable person to deal with than the Expl. Dept.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson}
  
  
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).


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