Secret memo regarding Bentley publicity and a potential 120 mph press run.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\3\ scan0011 | |
| Date | 1st December 1938 | |
| 1379 SECRET. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 9/R.1.12.38. BENTLEY PUBLICITY. Herewith an official summary of the correspondence which we can locate up to date with regard to the 8-litre Bentley, from which you will see what a large amount of publicity they have succeeded in obtaining from this source. I think by selecting the right stretch of Autobahn the Paulin Bentley with the Le Mans engine would come very close to 120 m.p.h., but this figure could, of course, be obtained during the press run. 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).