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).
Coachwork development, observations on various bodies, and future Bentley policy considerations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\1\ scan0043 | |
| Date | 24th October 1935 | |
| X1021 ST.{Capt. P. R. Strong} and WOT. c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} E.1/HP.24.10.35. re Coachwork Development. In reviewing the coachwork development in my memo E.3/HP.23.10.35, I omitted to include the development work on the SpectreCodename for Phantom III bodies which has been carried out for us by Park Wards. Yesterday at Jack Barclay's Showrooms I saw a Vanden Plas silent travel body on a Bentley. This was a pillarless saloon very like the Paris trials Van Vooren but with the body lengthened behind the rear seat squab above the boot, to improve the appearance. I will report in due course what we find out about the Vanden Plas system. There were other interesting coachwork features on Gurney Nutting bodies which I am discussing with EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} There is, as you are probably aware a very general demand amongst retailers for still a little more room lengthways in the rear of the Bentley body. Naturally we want to keep down the weight and space to the minimum on this car, but this point might receive notice in the general consideration of future Bentley policy in connection with engine types. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||