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 from Park Ward & Co. Ltd confirming collection details for a steel-bodied Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\5\ scan0037 | |
| Date | 31th July 1935 | |
| PARK WARD & CO. LTD COACHBUILDERS OFFICIALLY APPOINTED RETAILERS OF ROLLS ROYCE CARS DIRECTORS: A·T·ROBERTS · W·M·PARK · C·W·WARD W·C·THORNE · J·A·FALCONER · C·A·FALCONER · W·S·PAGE (SHOWROOMS — 40 CONDUIT STREET) 473 HIGH ROAD WILLESDEN LONDON N·W·10 TELEPHONE: WILLESDEN 2595 (6 LINES) TELEGRAMS: WARENPAR· WILLROAD· LONDON PLEASE QUOTE FOLLOWING REF. CWW/MO. 31st July, 1935. W.A. Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Bentley Motors (1931), Ltd., Experimental Department, Derby. Dear Mr. Robotham, I have pleasure in confirming my telephone conversation with you this afternoon that we will have the steel bodied Bentley ready for your representative's collection on Thursday next the 8th August unless we telegraph you to the contrary during Wednesday if we are able to finish it on that day. I give below the details you require for the triptique. Chassis No. B.56.BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Engine No. Y-2-BD.{Mr Berend} Registration No. CMF-340. The paintwork is black throughout with a fine white line, and the upholstery is red leather. Yours sincerely, for PARK WARD & CO. LTD. DIRECTOR. | ||