Delaying the sending of a Corniche car chassis to Paris due to a crisis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\5\ scan0136 | |
| Date | 25th May 1940 | |
| S/W {Sales / Derby Works} Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 400q C3/C25.5.40. Re CORNICHE(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) CAR. ------- Owing to present difficulties we have held up sending this chassis to Paris - it is doubtful whether we should have got it there in any case. Nothing further can be done until the present crisis is overcome and more facilities are available. C. | ||
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).