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 regarding the dispatch of chassis B.35.KU for a superlight body, with subsequent handwritten annotations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\2\ scan0338 | |
| Date | 26th July 1937 | |
| To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Derby. [Handwritten annotations at top] Chassis Test Dept 1245 SKELLORN when will this chassis be despatched Ru [Typed content] George V Sr17/ET.26.7.37; Dear Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, The Coachbuilders advise me that my superlight body will be ready at the end of this week, and they would be glad to have the chassis which you are at present experimenting with (B.35.KU). Will you please do your best to send it over to me as quickly as possible, but if you need it for a few more days for something important, it will not matter. Yours sincerely, [Signature: A V Uthwatt] [Handwritten annotation at bottom left] 28/7/37 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Cannot say definitely when Chassis will be despatched. Is at present, but Mr advised Test Dept Monday last we would let them know immediately we were in position to do so. Work as result of its running on Brooklands. macfH | ||