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).
Completed body and chassis specification for the New Bentley 5-B-IV.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 18th May 1934 | |
| RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X4553 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}16/KW.18.5.34. New Bentley - 5-B-IV. The body for this car has now been completed. Attached is a specification which we hope will enable the chassis to be erected without having to make many parts for which there is no scheme. In our Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}20/KW.14.5.34 34 instructed a unit for the short pin crankshaft which we will call B.10, this is the unit we wish to fit to this chassis and we have added one or two minor items to the specification. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||