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).
Requesting an order for two Bentley V frames for development and testing purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\5\ scan0090 | |
| Date | 12th May 1939 | |
| 1010. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/R.12.5.39. Will you please order a 092 Bentley V frame for the first Ripple, and a 092 B.V. frame with a bent front pan which we shall use to test the 8-cylinder in a thin gauge frame. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||