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).
Requesting the ignition switch key number for the first Bentley to enable coachbuilders to obtain door keys.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\2\ scan0074 | |
| Date | 17th January 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 2006 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}4/JH.17.1.38. 404 1.B.5. To enable the coachbuilders to obtain door keys for the body on the first Bentley, will you please furnish RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} with the reference No. of the ignition switch key. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||