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).
Letter from Barker & Co. (Coachbuilders) Ltd. regarding their inability to find a missing wing for chassis 10.EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 67\1\ scan0269 | |
| Date | 26th May 1927 | |
| From BARKER & Co. (Coachbuilders), LTD. (By Appointment to H.M. THE KING AND H.R.H. PRINCE OF WALES.) Olaf Street, Latimer Road, Notting Hill. London, W.11. Telephones - { 6200-1-2, 3-4 } PARK. Telegrams - "Olafonia, Shepherds, London." To MESSRS. ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD. 14 and 15 Conduit Street, London, W.1. DERBY. Handwritten: /8390 Please Quote Ref. NAT/IB. 26th May, 1927. DEAR SIRS, Re- Chassis 10.EX. In reply to your letter of the 21st inst. Ref: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/LG, we have made a further search and regret we are still unable to find this wing, and can only conclude that it must have been sent to your Lillie Hall depot, together with the test seats and radiator guards, which we send them periodically. We have asked them to make a search and let us know if they are successful in tracing it. Yours faithfully, For BARKER & CO. (Coachbuilders) LTD. Director. | ||