The preliminary layout for fitting a Wraith III open coil spring front suspension to a Bentley III, noting the project has been abandoned.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\1\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 31th March 1937 | |
| SECRET. E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 7/MN.31.3.37. To EY. Copy to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} HES. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les. [struck through] [handwritten] 446 200a Bentley III Fitted with Wraith III Open Coil Spring Front Suspension. We send herewith LeC.5594 (Sheets 1 and 2) showing the preliminary layout of the Wraith III open coil spring front suspension fitted to the Bentley III. As this open coil spring suspension is at least temporarily abandoned we send you this scheme solely for filing purposes. Would you kindly issue the necessary prints. Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Att:LeC.5594 (2 sheets.) | ||
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).