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).
Difficulties of repositioning the Bentley bonnet side hinge due to styling trends.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\3\ scan0127 | |
| Date | 22th May 1933 | |
| TO HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/LID.{A. J. Lidsey} FROM EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} X205 EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 5/2215.33. COPY TO E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} HN.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} BONNET SIDE HINGE. BENTLEY. With reference to your proposal that the bonnet side hinge of the Bentley should be moved up to be hidden by the waist moulding when such a moulding is used, we now see that besides the disadvantage of the hinge joint being more conspicuous in this raised position when no such moulding is fitted (vide the open car) there is the other difficulty pointed out to me by Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} This is that with the coming vogue of a falling waistline towards the rear, which has been popular in Germany for some years or more, the actual slope of the moulding on the bonnet has to be modified to suit each individual case. This moulding could not therefore be guaranteed to always cover the gap. In the case of the Rolls-Royce we are not able to make a perfect job of this new type of waistline due to the fixed position of the bonnet side hinge moulding. [SIGNATURE] .EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} LID{A. J. Lidsey} | ||