Confirming a phone conversation about borrowing a set of Rudge Whitworth wire wheels for testing the second Production Bentley Chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 159\7\ scan0148 | |
| Date | 12th July 1933 | |
| Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /[redacted] from Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} X421. Mx {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} 7/T12.7.33. Re. 3½ Litre Bentley Chassis. This confirms my 'phone conversation with you this morning to the effect that I have borrowed from a PeregrineExperimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine Chassis standing in the Repair Dept. a set of Rudge Whitworth wire wheels complete with tyres - these are required for testing the second Production Bentley Chassis. | ||
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).