Note discussing pre-war projects, new body weights, and the front-end design of a new 4-cylinder car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\5\ scan0241 | |
| Date | 9th January 1940 | |
| 1245 W/P {Derby Works / Production} - Sr. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 2/JH.9.1.40. Many thanks for your note. I enclose a copy of a note from Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} which covers the pre War work we asked Paulin to do. The 8 cyl. Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) is really the No.1. Will Paulin say at once if he is short of information. I am most anxious for one of the new bodies to be completed so that we can get the revised weight figure. I think the monocoque work should be left for the time being. When he has cleaned up these jobs we want a suggestion for the front end appearance of our small 4 cyl. car but not too futuristic, i.e. lamps not in wings. He will have to come over and discuss this. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).