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).
Urgent requirement for a 3½ Litre Bentley body and recommending Park Wards as the coachbuilder.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0239 | |
| Date | 30th January 1934 | |
| To Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} 8204 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/MJ.30.1.34. 3½ LITRE BENTLEY. Replying to Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}3/IH.29.1.34. We always have one date for bodies which we ask you to get for us and that is we require them at the earliest possible moment. We think it will be a great pity if Park Wards do not make this body because we hope that whilst you are making the body bigger everything will be done to economize in space. With the experience Park Wards have had on Bentley bodies we should have thought they were the best people to do this. The time we have allowed for the body is no longer than six to eight weeks. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||