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).
Letter to Park Ward & Co. Ltd. confirming build specifications for a Short Wheelbase Bentley 1.B.5.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\2\ scan0051 | |
| Date | 1st December 1937 | |
| c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} c. to Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} BY/RD. 200B 1st.December 1937. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}16/N. 404. Messrs.Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Dear Sir, Re: Short Wheelbase Bentley 1.B.5. We wish to confirm certain details agreed to during the Work's last visit to your Works, and Mr Ward's visit to Derby. (1) You will send us a plywood pattern of the instrument board, shewing its contour around the scuttle. (2) You will arrange to fit a standard Lucas combined rear number plate and tail lamp etc. We are having one despatched to you at once direct from Messrs.Lucas. (3) We understand that we have already supplied a Lucas Dual Screen wiper for this car. (4) The control head for the Motorola Wireless Set will be sent to you with the instrument board arrangement as soon as we receive your 3-ply template of the board, mentioned in (1) The following are other items on which we have decided:- (1) We would like the car to be finished similar to the Wide Frame 25/30 HP. 25.G.VI. ( see our memo E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/WN.12.1.37) of which we sent you a sample of the two shades of grey. Continued..... | ||