Communication confirming the decision to stop sending a chassis for a Corniche car being completed by Kellners.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\5\ scan0139 | |
| Date | 29th May 1940 | |
| V2/OK HOVY S/Levallois.....Sr. c. to Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} -> Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} IRD. ---------------- C1/C29.5.40. COMPLETION OF CORNICHE(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) CAR BY KELLNERS. Sr/Dml/ET18.5.40. chm I quite agree that it would be inadvisable to send the chassis, and as a matter of fact I stopped it straight away on receipt of your telegram 12 days ago. 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).