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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).
New radiator mascot design for Bentley cars destined for Switzerland.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 26\1\  Scan207
Date  10th April 1956
  
To: APH/Kt from JPB.

c: Hdy{William Hardy}/CEK
APH
Gry{Shadwell Grylls}
SP{Mr Spinney}

JPB.1.NH. 10.4.56. 1610.

Radiator Mascot for Switzerland

Herewith sketch MS.1870 of a suitably styled fixture for use on Bentley cars destined for Switzerland, where, after 1st June of this year, all mascots proper are to be prohibited by law on new cars.

Will you please instruct a sample to be made to this sketch and fitted to one of the experimental cars for viewing and approval before instructing to Hdy{William Hardy}/HF{H. W. Frost - Coachwork Inspector} for detail.

JPB
  
  


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