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).
Criticisms of a Bentley's body and interior layout.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\2\ scan0032 | |
| Date | 14th July 1940 | |
| Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}11/ML.14.7.40. Here are some criticisms from Sclater Booth and Jack Barclay, on the Bentley, which include some caustic comments on the body. I do not propose to answer this at length at the present juncture, but I believe that the footroom is restricted on the production bodies because Sales would not order the right type of frnnt seat where the feet can be inserted under the back. Ward seems to have aggravated the criticisms by arranging the back seat so that it is an inclined plane, facing forwards. Will you please return these comments as soon as you have done with them as I have to return them to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||