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).
Packard's retaliation for a copied radiator grille by naming their new model the Clipper.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 147\4\ scan0162 | |
| Date | 16th May 1941 | |
| 1247- see Sq. file. SECRET. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}10/JH.16.5.41. To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} RE Automotive Industries - April 15th. 1941. Pages 428 and 429. [Initialed 'Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}' in blue ink] Apparently Packard have retaliated for our copying the characteristics of their radiator grille construction on our Myth by calling their new model the Clipper. Fortunately we have dropped this name for the Senior rationalised Bentley 6. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||