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).
Inadequacy of Bentley headlamps and chasing the status of experimental replacements from Lucas.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61a\2\ scan0188 | |
| Date | 28th December 1933 | |
| 86116. S/W To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}E.BY. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}O.Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}RP.Mr. Bentley Headlamps. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}7/E28.12.33 Referring to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.6/MA.5.12.33, as a period of three weeks has now elapsed, I should be glad to know what the position is in regard to the set of experimental lamps which Lucas were rushing through. I was using a Bentley car over the Christmas holiday and agree that the present lamps give an inadequate light. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} WST see me HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||