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).
Inquiry regarding the discontinuation of fitting body subframes on the 40/50 chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\8\ Scan340 | |
| Date | 12th September 1932 | |
| S/W. Byfleet. [struck through] c. to [redacted] Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X7380 Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}18/KW12.9.32. re- Body Subframes. Further to my Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}6/KW30.8.32, can you please say yet if it has been decided to discontinue forthwith the fitting of subframes on 40/50 chassis, and if so will you please inform us with which chassis the absence of subframes will commence. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} | ||