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).
Explaining why a fitting for the 25 HP rear aprons was not completed in time for a car departing for France.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\W\May1931-August1931\ Scan114 | |
| Date | 31th August 1931 | |
| ORIGINAL Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} c. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} C. c. CX.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Bm. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid{A. J. Lidsey}1/AD31.8.31. X4531 25 HP. REAR APRONS. With reference to Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Evl/M27.8.31 and Ey4/G28.8.31 the instructions for this were issued from the D.O. on 11.8.31. 19-GIV left here for France on 12.8.31 and it was therefore impossible for this fitting to be made in the time. We had no previous intimation that the scheme was going through, therefore we could not anticipate it in detail. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||