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).
Car licensing requirements and trade plates for the upcoming year 1938.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\3\ scan0350 | |
| Date | 2nd December 1937 | |
| D/L. from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/R.2.12.37. With reference to your memo re licences for 1938, the following cars will require licences taking out for a full year:- 35-EX. 3.B.IV. 6.B.IV. 24.G.VI. 25.G.VI. 26.G.VI. 27.G.VI. 28.G.VI. The following cars should have licences taken out for six months:- B.56.BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} B.23.AE. Packard. The following cars will be licensed sometime next year, but are at present in pieces, and, therefore, it would be uneconomical to licence them from January 1st:- 32-EX. 39-EX. Oldsmobile. The following cars on your list are no longer in the Experimental Dept.- Vauxhall. 22.G.V. 21.G.IV. We shall require only two general trade plates next year, viz., 112.CH and 114.CH, 111.CH will be returned. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||