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).
Particulars and logistical arrangements for sending car 93-NK to France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\4\ scan0080 | |
| Date | 24th March 1925 | |
| PRIVATE "BS{A J. Barnes - Assistant Manager}" DERBY X8940 Hk{Col. T. Harker - Sales}21/Dn/MM. 24.3.25 93-NK I am in receipt of your memoranda Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}5/LG19.3.25 and Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/LG20.3.25, from which I note that you will be sending another car over to France, under cover of a Touring Aequit, about the end of the month, in CJ's name, particulars of which read as under : 1° - Type of body : Park Ward 4-seater cabriolet 2° - Colour : grey 3° - Weight : 50 cwts. 4° - N° of chassis : 93-NK 5° - HP. 40/50 6° - N° of engine : 6EAC-11 7° - Tyres Dunlop 8° - Spare tyres : 2 With regard to the signature on the application for the grey card, I have found "ways and means" in this particular instance of obtaining the document without the necessity of CJ having to come over to Paris for the purpose, and, if you will kindly obtain CJ's signature on the enclosed document and return same to me as quickly as possible, I will see that the grey card is obtained in good time to be ready for the car on its arrival at Boulogne. In the meantime, I am dropping a line to Croydon, so that he may be at Boulogne on the date in question, with one of the drivers in possession of a French Driving License. I shall be much obliged to you for informing me as soon as possible the exact date on which you expect 93-NK to arrive at Boulogne. Hk.{Col. T. Harker - Sales} [Handwritten Signature: H.K.] [Stamp: PIÈCES JOINTES] [Watermark: ...er for Type Writer - The Best...] | ||