Letter about completing a Corniche body and continuing development on an 8-cylinder experimental car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\5\ scan0230 | |
| Date | 22th December 1939 | |
| 1245 W/P. To Sr. from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 10/MH. {M. Huckerby} 22.12.39. Dear Sr., I was glad to see from your note to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} that Paulin is now released from his Military duties. I don't know what the possibilities of manufacture are, but presumably one of the most useful things he could do would be to get the Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) body completed. 2 finished chassis are at present in London waiting to be shipped to France. The other work we are anxious to continue with is the completion of the 8-cylinder front. If we can get the designs of the front finished presumably we could use the body at present at Chateauroux(French test region) and build an 8-cylinder experimental car. You will be glad to hear that we are at present getting the design organisation going to produce experimental cars. I expect we shall see you over here before long and we can discuss the matter in detail. Yours sincerely, | ||
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).