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).
Request from Templewood Engineering for a standard Bentley chassis drawing to create a wooden dummy for a Park Ward body frame.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 170\1\ img064 | |
| Date | 25th January 1939 | |
| Telephone: SLOUGH 1388 DIRECTORS: L. SANDERS S. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} TREGONING, B.A., A.M.I.A.E., M.I.A.E., M.A.S.M.E. A.{Mr Adams} C. BERTELLI (formerly Bentley) L. JACKSON TEMPLEWOOD ENGINEERING CO. LTD., IPSWICH ROAD, TRADING ESTATE, SLOUGH, BUCKS. RECEIVED 25th. January 1939. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}, We would be much obliged if you would send us a coach builders drawing of the present standard Bentley chassis. Our Park Ward body frame has turned up and we wish to make a wooden dummy frame to mount it on. Yours sincerely, TSy. [Handwritten notes:] REV Please oblyge Ten. 6/ [Stamp: RECEIVED 26 JAN 1939] #HB.{C. E. Harcombe} Please let me have print for B.II | ||