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).
Fitting of a lightened bumper bar to vehicle 12.B.V. before it leaves for France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\5\ scan0206 | |
| Date | 1st July 1939 | |
| 400/f To By/NS.{Norman Scott} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. By/HEB.{H. Biraben} c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}3/MH.{M. Huckerby}1.7.39. Confirming our conversation with By/HEB.{H. Biraben} yesterday, we wish to get a lightened bumper bar on both ends of 12.B.V. before it leaves for France. We understand that the front bumper can be an actual "Ripple" part, but that the rear bumper may have to be a lightened version of the present B.V. arrangement. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||