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. Ltd. confirming specifications for experimental car 31-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 12\6\ 06-page115 | |
| Date | 23th November 1934 | |
| [Handwritten in red ink, crossed out: RMMW.] [Handwritten signature] [Handwritten signature] 47830 Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}25/I 23rd November, 1934. Messrs. Park Ward & Co. Ltd., 473, High Road, WILLESDEN. N. W. 10. Gentlemen:- 31-EX - EXPERIMENTAL CAR. With reference to your letter of the 20th and 21st instant and our Representatives' call this morning, we now confirm as follows:- 1. The exterior of the new body is to be cellulosed Dark Royal Blue with the usual Black parts and a fine White line. Sufficient of the Royal-blue cellulose is to be supplied to our Works for touching in and finishing off any parts of the chassis which will have to be Blue. Please send us for approval a pattern of the Dark-blue you propose to employ. 2. The passenger compartment is to be upholstered in Brown furniture hide and the driver's compartment in soft, waterproof, Black leather. 3. The wooden bonnet with mouldings is to be put in hand. 4. The aerial for the radio set will be fitted up at our own Works, probably below the running boards. But you are to make the sunken provision for the radio set itself already agreed upon. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD., Sales Department. | ||