| Description | Mentions unsuccessful negotiations for Invicta and Railton names for the car and subsequent plans to use a name like Vindex for a car produced by The Donald Healey Motor Company or similar. Also notes chassis and body, financial arrangements (Westland Motor Company, Hereford proposes to enter motor body industry after the [Second World] war and build bodies for Donald Healey), Donald Healey and Norman Black to contribute £8,000 in cash and Westland to contribute £4,000 to form the Donald Healey Motor Company or similar.
Donald Healey to soon have a finished scale model of the production saloon. Suggests a meeting with Riley to discuss points such as the purchase price of the units to be supplied to Donald Healey, the date for these deliveries, terms of payment, continuity of supplies. 'I am more than satisfied with the way things are developing, and I believe that with the co-operation that you are prepared to give to me I can obtain a market which will not only be profitable to my company but will have a beneficial reaction on the products of Riley (Coventry) Limited'. |