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 discussing the delivery schedule for a dummy chassis and body drawing, and the confidentiality of the project.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\2\ scan0015 | |
| Date | 18th December 1937 | |
| -2- supply you with the radiator badge and filler cap, horns and bumpers, whilst headlamps, wheels etc. can be borrowed from a standard car. We note from your letter of the 17th. inst. reference CW/KC. that you can give delivery in ten weeks from the date of completing the full size drawing of the Dummy Chassis and Body. Allowing about ten days for this, fixes the delivery date at approximately December 18th. 1937 Will you kindly put in hand the full size drawing of the Dummy Chassis and the Body immediately. The writer will call on you as soon as he hears from you that the drawing is sufficiently far advanced to enable him to settle any queries which will arise. We have asked our Sales Department to issue the necessary order. We need hardly remind you that we wish you to treat the whole of this work as strictly confidential, as you have done similar work of this nature. All previous drawings entitled "Short Wheelbase Bentley" should be destroyed, as they are obsolete, and if retained may lead to confusion. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. CAR PROJECT OFFICE. | ||