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 Messrs. Park Ward & Co. Ltd. concerning feedback and proposals for an Enclosed Drive Limousine body after extensive testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\1\ scan0213 | |
| Date | 23th September 1937 | |
| Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}31/N. 23rd. September 1937. SECRET & CONFIDENTIAL. Messrs. Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473. High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Dear Sir, Re: Enclosed Drive Limousine 26-G-VI. -------------------------------- The above car fitted with one of your Enclosed Limousine Bodies to Specification E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/MN.5.4.37, and subsequent modifications, has just completed over 7,000 miles on the Continent after considerable running in this country, and we enclose herewith a copy of RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}3/MH.{M. Huckerby}10.9.37, our Test Engineer's report on the coachwork. We would be pleased to receive your comments on the items mentioned, and also your proposals for over-coming any of the troubles experienced, with a view to them being incorporated in the Enclosed Limousine body for 29-G-VI, which you have still to complete. We are very pleased with the way in which the bodywork has stood up generally. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. CAR PROJECT OFFICE. | ||