Coachwork specification for a Four Door Four Light Saloon on a Long Wheelbase Bentley chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\1\ scan0151 | |
| Date | 12th October 1938 guessed | |
| SPECIFICATION OF COACHWORK FOR 2.B.50. Four Door Four Light Saloon - Long Wheelbase Bentley. Chassis. B.50 Type Long Wheelbase Bentley for all particulars see drawings supplied. Untarnishable finish. 58.500 front track and 59.500 rear. Wheels 7 x 16 Steel pressed. One spare wheel on offside. Body. Four door, Four light Saloon without division and sliding front seats, (no design provided by Derby). Shell Construction. Park Ward All-Metal Construction, based on the tried design already in use on the Standard Bentley. Front Wings. Sheet steel of single return sweep, with helmet. Wing lamps built in. Rear Wings. Single return sweep in sheet steel with helmet, petrol filler in nearside wing. Stone Shields. Latest approved pattern. Doors. To be as thin as possible. Front doors hinged on centre pillar, and rear door on rear pillar, all by external hinges with lubrication. Interior handles on the lock spindle except that of the driver's door which has remote control. Quick-lift lever control to the driver's window. All windows of Triplex Toughened glass 3/16" thick. Two sample locks provided by Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} to be fitted and two Everall pattern. Screen. To open and of Triplex glass 3/16" Laminated with central control. To be free from flap when open. Sunshine Roof. Of the latest pattern, special precautions to be taken to avoid leakage of water, wind noises and rattles. | ||
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).