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 arranging a car viewing for coachwork modifications and requesting discretion about experimental parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\1\ scan0089 | |
| Date | 19th September 1934 | |
| 47961 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}26/KW. 19th September, 1934. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Summers Esq., Hotel Metropole, Northumberland Place, LONDON. Dear Dick, I have arranged for your car to be at Conduit Street at 12 noon to-morrow and for Mr. Cowen or Mr. Honeyman to see you about the necessary coachwork modifications. We have fitted the necessary pieces to your car but have taken them off before sending it to the Coachbuilders, as we do not wish to broadcast the experimental modifications involved. We shall refit the parts as soon as Park Wards have finished their job. I shall be glad if you will not talk about the modifications we are making to anyone until we have completed the job and you have tried the car. Yours sincerely, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||