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).
On the weight of Messrs. Park Ward's coachwork for the first Bentley lll body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\3\ scan0031 | |
| Date | 28th January 1938 | |
| Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Dy{F R Danby} c. Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} 200B H58 We attach hereto Messrs. Park Ward's weight for the complete coachwork of the first Bentley lll body for 1.B.5. This body is of the new lightened steel construction, and has the doors and boot lid{A. J. Lidsey} panelled in aluminium. It appears to be about 50 lbs. lighter than the standard Bentley all-steel Saloon, and when considering its weight one has to remember that it is a wider and longer body than the standard. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||