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).
Build plan for a new Bentley experimental car, including frame updates and bodywork.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\1\ Scan128 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/KW.3.4.35. New Bentley Experimental Car. We have arranged with Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} to replace the streamlined car with a standard Bentley Saloon. As B-23-AE frame is now out of date, we should like to get a new frame, fit up-to-date cross members, the latest type dashboard, and bonnet strips, radiator and wing stays as on 5-B-IV for the latest centrally mounted radiator and wing scheme, and then send this to Park Wards for the body to be mounted. When it is returned we can complete the car by fitting the useful parts from B-23-AE. We have in mind that if we had a large bore Bentley unit ready by that date we should fit this to the car. The body is ready at Park Wards, so that we wish to push the job along as far as possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||