Confirming instructions to Messrs. Vanvooren of Paris to proceed with building two more Bentley 'Corniche' bodies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\3\ scan0123 | |
| Date | 31th May 1939 | |
| To By.. from Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. Hm. {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} 450c. Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 12/N.31.5.39. Re: Bentley 'Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced)'. We wish to confirm our conversation with you as a result of visiting Messrs. Vanvooren of Paris, to the effect that we have instructed them to go ahead with two more 'Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced)' bodies, making four in all. They stated that it was essential that they should be allowed to go ahead straight away with these bodies if they were to be ready for the French and English shows. Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||
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).