Location and completion plan for B.V. and Corniche chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\4\ scan0049 | |
| Date | 20th March 1940 | |
| Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Archer. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 9/ML.20.3.40. COMPLETION OF B.V. CHASSIS FOR SALE. The Following chassis are complete and are either at Park Wards or stored in London :- B.16.AW. B.22.AW. B.18.AW. B.32.AW. B.20.AW. B.34.AW. and frame No: 16. The following chassis are in France with Sr. :- B.10.AW. B.12.AW. B.14.AW. The following Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) chassis are complete :- B.2.AW. B.4.AW. B.6.AW. B.8.AW. The question is, how many further standard chassis can we complete if we utilise gear boxes off the Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) cars and boxes released by the Experimental Department. We suggest that one Continental chassis, B.2.AW. should go to France and be completed so that we have one production sample of this type of car in existance for reference after the war. This then leaves three gear boxes off B.4.AW. B.6.AW. B.8.AW. In addition, we are going to release two gear boxes off Experimental cars. With these 5 boxes we propose to finish off the following chassis :- Frames Nos: 4. 17. 19. 20. and 21. It may be that we shall be able to release | ||
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).