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).
Chasing a delay on the experimental Bentley body design at coachbuilder Park Ward.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0435 | |
| Date | 26th May 1936 | |
| To Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} x204 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}20/KW.26.5.36. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} was at Park Wards on the 25th of this month, and stated that they had not yet started on the full sized design of the experimental body for the Bentley giving easier access to the driving seats because nobody had issued the necessary instructions. We cannot understand this as at the last Conference Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} agreed that this body should go ahead as quickly as possible, and we should be glad to know that nothing is holding the job up. We are leaving it to you to see that Park Wards have instructions to proceed. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||