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).
Design for a rear number plate and tail lamp for a sports car.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\R\October1927-December1927\ Scan076 | |
| Date | 4th November 1927 | |
| (BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}) FROM DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}) C. to HN.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} re. EAC. 14. REAR NUMBER PLATE. ORIGINAL DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}3/M4.11.27. X 4152 X 1357 X 8800 We have sent Messrs Jarvis & Son Ltd., Barker & Co. Ltd., and Hooper & Co. Ltd., a design for the rear number plate and tail lamp for the sports car, and have asked them to use the lamp holder we designed for the framed instrument patch. We would be glad if you could send us three of these holders, complete with the shield F75580., for us to distribute to them as soon as possible. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||