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Requesting to borrow a 3.5-litre Bentley for fuel economy tests.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 83\3\  scan0109
Date  27th November 1940
  
To: C. London.

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3 1/2-Litre Bentley.

We are anxious to get hold of a 3 1/2-litre Bentley for a few weeks to use as a "yard stick" in some fuel economy tests we are making.

Can you put your hand on such a car? We shall in no way affect its saleability.

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).


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