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).
Telegram from Sleator in Paris requesting the urgent dispatch of chassis B thirty-five KU for coachbuilders.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\2\ scan0328 | |
| Date | 9th August 1937 | |
| POST OFFICE TELEGRAM Charges to pay RECEIVED MS 56 No. 0335 OFFICE STAMP DERBY 9 AUG 37 BM Am 66 Prefix. Time handed in. Office of Origin and Service Instructions. Words. From: 366 CL 1615 9 PARIS 16 To: ROYACAR DERBY = ROBOTHAM CHASSIS B THIRTYFIVE KU NOW URGENTLY NEEDED BY COACHBUILDERS PLEASE DESPATCH RAPIDLY = SLEATOR + For free repetition of doubtful words t*+ at office of delivery. Other enquiries should ...call, with this form ossible, the envelope. Handwritten notes: 124/W Mr Ansley to this over the phone at 8-55/m Read over the Phone to MX{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} 78 CT KU OK - fs{F. Steele} ROMY (signature) | ||