Letter to Park Ward & Co. Ltd. proposing a design for a Pillarless Saloon body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\2\ scan0190 | |
| Date | 4th November 1938 | |
| c. Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} HOK BY.14/N. 4th.November 1938. Messrs.Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Confidential. Dear Sirs, Re: 5.B.5. - (11.B.5). It is proposed that this body shall be a Pillarless Saloon. We will obtain from Franco Brittanic Autos a drawing of the body which Vanvooren are fitting to the standard Bentley and all particulars of the positions of the locks etc. We will then make a design and send it to you for your comments. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Harvey Bailey CHIEF ENGINEER - CHASSIS. | ||
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).