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 a sample of a new windscreen wiper for bench tests and fitment to a new Bentley body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\5\ img154 | |
| Date | 3rd June 1936 | |
| To Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} X6115 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}18/KW.3.6.36. Screen Wipers. With reference to Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}3/WL.6.6.36. We should like to have a sample of this new windscreen wiper for bench tests. As far as we are concerned it would be O.K. to fit this drive to the new Bentley body with improved entrance, provided you give us a chance of running some endurance in the meantime. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||