Provision of a Bensport experimental car instead of a Peregrine for 'R.' due to secrecy concerns.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\1\ Scan172 | |
| Date | 18th November 1932 | |
| H {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} /B To Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} re Car for R. {Sir Henry Royce} Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 15/E18.11.32 WW Thanks for Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} 10/GR. {George Ratcliffe} 16.11.32. I note what you say re Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) and I should like to discuss the matter when I am next with you which will probably be the week after next. For important reasons of secrecy(Aero Engine) I should much prefer R. {Sir Henry Royce} having a Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) experimental car rather than a Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine). Perhaps prior to our meeting you could look into the possibilities of this. I believe at present you are building 2. I imagine that we shall have to have about 4 altogether. I do not think we need as many as Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) because the unit is something that is an already tested and approved article. 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).