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).
Declining the purchase of a £500 Cottin car and requesting a search for a cheaper alternative for a suspension study.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 21\4\ Scan003 | |
| Date | 14th November 1927 | |
| +4332 To Ps. Paris. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/LG14.11.27. We thank you for your Ps6/IL9.11.27. We do not want to pay £500 for a Cottin as we have no use for this but for the principle of the suspension, an old car would suit our purpose quite as well as one that is new. Will you therefore please continue to look out for something about £200 which I should imagin might be purchasable during the next 12 months. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||