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).
Reuters special news bulletin regarding a record bid by a Bentley car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\3\ scan0208 | |
| Date | 9th February 1939 | |
| REUTERS 6.2 PM REUTERS SPECIAL MOTORING RECORD BID BY BENTLEY CAR PARIS, THURSDAY. AN ATTEMPT IS EXPECTED TO BE MADE THIS WEEK-END, WEATHER CONDITIONS PERMITTING, BY THE NEW STREAMLINED 4-1/4 LITRE STANDARD BENTLEY ON THE WORLD RECORD FOR 2 HOURS FOR A FOUR-SEATER SALOON CAR. THE ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE ON THE MONTLHERY TRACK AND WILL BE OFFICIALLY TIMED BY THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB DE FRANCE. LATER AN ATTEMPT ON THE 24 HOURS RECORD IS CONTEMPLATED. THIS IS THE SAME CAR WHICH LAST WEEK PUT UP SUCH ASTONISHING SPEEDS FOR A STANDARD TOURING CAR ON THE FRENCH NATIONAL ROADS AND GERMAN AUTOBAHNEN, 115 M H P BEING HELD ON THE FORMER AND 120 M P H ON THE LATTER. IT ALSO SHOWED REMARKABLY LOW PETROL CONSUMPTION. REUTERS SPECIAL. VEM/SM/TWB-9/2/39. | ||