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Sample Bentley steering wheel with increased finger grip spacing.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 154\3\  scan0194
Date  5th February 1934
  
To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}

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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 17/KW.5.2.34.

Bentley Steering Wheels.
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We are sending you a steering wheel we have received from Bluemels, with increased spacing of the finger grips.

Will you please let us know whether this is what you want.

In view of a new die costing about £10, this sample has been made from the solid.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /H. Grylls:
  
  
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).


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