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Feedback on the steering wheel of a Streamlined Bentley.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 90\1\  Scan081
Date  12th February 1934
  
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GRY {Shadwell Grylls} See me #

To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d Bentley.

I was sorry that my plans were altered and I was unable to use the above car this week-end, but in any case the fog was so bad in the morning that I should not have taken it out.

I have asked Crawford to send it back to you to-morrow morning and I should like to have it back in time for use next Saturday.

I believe Lp. {Mr Lappin} rather wants to take it down to one of the Air Stations during the week and I told him he would have to speak to you about it.

I am not sure whether you had put on the steering wheel with the wider finger grips as I did not use the car, but, if not, perhaps you will do so during the week.

I still do not think the grips are quite big enough. I should like them to be more the size of those on the old Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial) and a thinner rim to the wheel would, I believe, be nicer.

Perhaps you would have a word with me about it to-morrow.

I am returning the wheel you sent to me, and I presume you can use it up on production because the one person who gets it would not know it was any different from the ordinary ones.

Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}
  
  
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).


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