Request to investigate the cause of bonnet knocks on car 30-G-VII and prepare necessary parts for the 'Corniche'.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\4\ scan0128 | |
| Date | 11th July 1939 | |
| 666 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /IMW. {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} (Chateauroux(French test region)) Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1/R.11.7.39. BONNET KNOCKS. Will you please go into the question of what causes the bonnet knocks on 30-G-VII, and what recommendations you make to put this right. We want to send out the necessary parts with the fitter when he brings out the front suspension pieces for the 'Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced)'. 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).