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).
Request to fit all experimental cars with bumper bars and to arrange for specific bumpers for a Bentley and a 25/30 model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\2\ scan0266 | |
| Date | 26th May 1936 | |
| X1023 S/W. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}22/JH.26.5.36. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} has stated that he would like all our experimental cars fitted with bumper bars front and rear, these are required for practical purposes. Could you arrange for the writer to have Bentley rear bumper suitable for a Park Ward standard saloon, also a 25/30 front and rear bumper. Should there be any difficulty please let me know. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.Dodd. | ||