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The unavailability of a thinner rim Bentley steering wheel until the 'C' Series.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 154\3\  scan0202
Date  28th March 1934
  
HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
X3561
To EY. from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Bentley Steering Wheel. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 8/E28.3.34
Copy to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E.
Cr. {Mr Cra’ster / Mr Chichester}
I am in receipt of BY.6/G.27.3.34. I note that in view of manufacturers' commitments to our orders we cannot have the thinner rim wheel until 'C' Series.
Under the circumstances this will have to suffice.
Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}
  
  
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).


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