Potential application of asbestos spraying to car body panels by the 'Limpet' company.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\1\ img326 | |
| Date | 17th February 1933 | |
| TO E.V. FROM Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} ASBESTOS SPRAYING ON BODY PANELS. Many thanks for your note re the above. So far I have received no communication from the gentleman whom you mention. I believe that I have told you that we are having the next Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) Saloon so treated by the "Limpet" people, if time will permit. At any rate they are going to do one body free of charge for us. If we cannot get the Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) Saloon done on account of time we might consider doing the Six Light Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) Saloon or any other car that you like to mention. I suggest that to try the process on a car which has already been on the road is good as we should then be able to judge very accurately what effects mayebe produced. At the moment the firm have no plant in London but they will have soon. They are giving a demonstration to all of our coachbuilders as soon as they get going. I will let you know as soon as I hear any more. | ||
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).