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 Messrs. Park Ward & Co. Ltd. regarding the exterior finish for an Experimental Standard Saloon.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 29th May 1935 | |
| COPY TO Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 6 B1V Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}2/MK.{R. E. B. Meade-King} 29th May 1935. Messrs. Park Ward & Co. Ltd., 473, High Road, WILLESDEN, N. W. 10. Dear Sirs, Experimental Standard Saloon. This is a body earmarked for our works and in respect of which we recently sent you upholstery instructions. We now confirm our telephone conversation of this morning when we advised you that it is our works' wish the exterior of the car should be cellulosed black and we think there ought to be a fine line on the louvres and horizontal moulding to harmonise with the colour of the leather. But of course we leave it to you to see that the line is sufficiently sharp to properly relieve the black. The chassis which will bear the number 6-B-1V will, we are told, be delivered to you shortly. Yours faithfully, FOR BENTLEY MOTORS (1931) LTD. | ||