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).
Instructions for the collection of a Bentley with a Van Vooren body from Chateauroux, France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\1\ Scan160 | |
| Date | 17th September 1935 | |
| Mr. A.B. Roberts, Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, France. x263 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}9/KW.17.9.35. Re Bentley Van Vooren Body. It has been decided that it is not necessary to keep six men at Chateauroux with only one car running. Will you therefore make arrangements to collect the Bentley with the Van Vooren body as soon as it is ready (get in touch with Sr.), and bring it back to London, Conduit St.{Capt. P. R. Strong} Bring Hamilton back with you. This will leave Pattinson, Walsh, Rose, Darby and Thornhill at Chateauroux to run 21-G-IV. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} has requested Sr. to attend to the Customs formalities in connection with the Van Vooren body. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||