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).
Design work for the Bentley Chassis, detailing the cancellation of Bentley III plans and a revised specification.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161a\4\ scan0219 | |
| Date | 3rd June 1937 | |
| BR.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager}& INS. c. LV. Pn.{Mr Northey} KWG. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 1382 E/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}1/HP.3.6.37. Bentley Chassis. We attach herewith a list of the design work completed on the Bentley chassis during the last month and also particulars of design work at present in hand. Bentley III. The design work previously done on Bentley III is now to a large extent cancelled since the return of "E" and "Im." from America owing to the proposal to use the Packard type front suspension and a revised type of frame. Design work is therefore now in hand on the revised specification which includes a new frame, common to Phoenix, Packard front suspension common to Phoenix, gearbox with over-drive, common to Wraith, and P.III.etc. A specification will shortly be issued covering the revised proposals. F/144 | ||