Despatch of a Corniche chassis to France for completion and associated gearbox allocation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\5\ scan0135 | |
| Date | 29th April 1940 | |
| JRD. from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. C. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 9/ML.29.4.40. CORNICHE(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) CHASSIS FOR COMPLETION. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} has now instructed that one Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) chassis should be despatched to France to have a body fitted. This is necessary because two Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) bodies are being built in France. At the present moment there are four Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced) chassis stored in London and the gear-boxes off these have been allocated in order to enable us to complete standard cars. However, in order to enable the car to be road-tested in France with the body on, which is very important, we will send one of these chassis over complete and we shall have to find another gear-box for the standard production car. This should be possible when the 7 gear-boxes of the latest type, which are being made, are completed. Unless C. has any objection, the chassis I provisionally allocate is B.2.AW. p.p.Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).