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 report on a Standard Bentley's one-hour speed trial at Montlhery track.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\3\ scan0199 | |
| Date | 14th February 1939 | |
| REUTERS 2.10 PM.REUTERS SPECIAL STANDARD BENTLEY DOES 107 MILES IN THE HOUR PARIS, TUESDAY. THE 4-1/4 LITRE STANDARD STREAMLINED BENTLEY, WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN PUTTING UP SOME REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS FOR FAST TOURING IN FRANCE AND GERMANY, WAS TODAY TRIED OUT ON THE MONTLHERY TRACK. THE CAR, DRIVEN BY WALTER SLEATOR, WITH A FLYING START COVERED 172.873 KILOMETRES (107.418 MILES) IN THE HOUR. IN THE FIRST HALF-HOUR 86.052 KILOMETRES (APPROXIMATELY 53.469 MILES) WERE COVERED. CONDITIONS WERE IDEAL AND MR SLEATOR EXPRESSED HIMSELF AS SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT. WM/HGW/VEM/FB. FEB 14/39. REUTERS SPECIAL SERVICE. | ||