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 to coachbuilder Park Ward & Co. proposing painting instructions for a Phantom III car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\1\ scan0304 | |
| Date | 31th October 1936 | |
| Copy to Dr. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Pm/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} X304 E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/MN. 31st. October,1936. Messrs. Park Ward & Co., 473, High Road, Willesden, London, N.W.10. Dear Sirs, Long Wheelbase Enclosed Limousine Phantom III - 38-EX. In our letter of the 21st. inst. we thought we had definitely specified the painting instructions for the above car. It is our proposal to have the wings and running boards black, and the whole of the head above the waist moulding black. The bonnet top and side panels, the body side panels and the lower half of the body rear panel containing the boot lid{A. J. Lidsey} we propose should be maroon to the pattern which you supplied to us. Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||