Confirming the dispatch of coachwork design PD.371 and the placement of an order for the first Bentley 'Cresta' 4.B.50 body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\4\ scan0132 | |
| Date | 20th March 1939 | |
| [Handwritten] 1029. [Handwritten] 850a To Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} .. from Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. ~~Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /JD {J. Draper - Frames} ~~ c. ~~Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /PD~~ Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Ev {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 7/N.20.3.39. Re: Bentley "Cresta" - 4.B.50. We send herewith the original of PD.371, shewing the design of coachwork for the first Bentley "Cresta" 4.B.50, and also a complete specification of the body. We have today placed an order for a body of this type in wood and aluminium, and to weigh 10¾ cwt. from Messrs. Park Ward & Co. Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||
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).