Confirming a scheme for a wheel brace to be provided for production on 'Corniche' cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\3\ scan0261 | |
| Date | 1st July 1939 | |
| 4500A 1375 To Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /JD. {J. Draper - Frames} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 2/MH. {M. Huckerby} 1.7.39. STEEL WHEELS. This is to confirm that you will provide a scheme for a Rolls-Royce looking wheel brace which will be first required on production with the "Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced)" cars. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).