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).
Confidential letter to Park Ward & Co. Ltd. confirming coachwork specifications for a Short Wheelbase Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\2\ scan0267 | |
| Date | 28th February 1938 | |
| c. to Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} 2000 28th.February 1938. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}8/N. CONFIDENTIAL. Messrs.Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Attention of C.Falconer,Esq., Dear Sir, Re: Short Wheelbase Bentley - 2.B.5. --------------------------------------- We wish to confirm the findings of the Conference re the specification of the above coachwork, held in your office on Thursday and Friday of last week. (1). Doorlocks. We will supply a set of four Rover type locks but failing their arrival in time, we agree to the fitting of the Everall locks. (2) Door Handles. Exterior handles are to be of the safety pattern. The interior handles of the front doors to be recessed below the handles for the pivoting windows. (3) Quicklift window lift to driver's door. A sample handle to be sent to the writer to enable it to be tried up in position on 1.B.5. (4) Hinge Pins of stainless steel without lubrication. Cont'd...... | ||