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).
All-steel bodied Bentley, an order for 50 saloons, and a required inspection trip to France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0092 | |
| Date | 4th December 1935 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} at W. Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}17/MD/4.12.35. All Steel Bodied Bentley. Can you yet say when Mr. Ward of Messrs. Park Ward & Co., should go to France to try this car on the road, in accordance with the suggestion put forward some weeks ago. We have today given them an order for a further batch of 50 saloons, and have stipulated that these shall be all steel, except for the wings, which are to be of aluminium on their own recommendation. It seems highly desirable that Mr. Ward should try and inspect the sample in France before his Company commence to build the batch, and there is no time to loose. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} | ||