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).
Letter to Park Ward & Co. Ltd. regarding design specifications for a Bentley 2.B.50, discussing glass, hinges, and screen flap issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\1\ scan0158 | |
| Date | 27th October 1938 | |
| c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Fd.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} 804 27th.October 1938. BY.24/N. Messrs.Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Confidential. Dear Sirs, Re: Bentley 2.B.50. We thank you for your letter of the 25th.inst. (1) If it is your normal practice to use butts presumably of brass with stainless steel pins, we agree to this. (2) You do not give any reason for suggesting the use of Lancegaye glass in the doors and back light, in place of Triplex toughened glass, and therefore it is difficult for us to give an opinion. Our own experience with Lancegaye glass when we used it a few years ago was, that it separated and allowed water to enter, however, we agree to it being tried. (3) With reference to screen flap when open, we do not suggest that the flap is entirely cured by the central position of the control, but experiments which we have made in Derby have shewn, that coupled with a stronger frame and more rigid hinges, a central control will reduce the amount of flap to a reasonable quantity. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. W Harvey Bailey CHIEF ENGINEER / CHASSIS. | ||