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).
Progress of experimental cars, noting changes in production numbers and body weights since 1937.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\1\ scan0304 | |
| Date | 31th January 1939 | |
| 1021. To By... from Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}15/N.31.1.39. Re: Progress of Experimental Cars. The attached blueprint illustrates graphically the progress of all the Experimental Cars, which we have produced since September 1937, when we ordered the first Bentley 5. Since August last it will be noted that the number of bodies in hand at any particular time has increased, and that the period of production has diminished. Whilst 7.B.5. had a reasonable weight, the bodies produced between Jan.1937 and Aug.1937 were distinctly heavy. Since Aug.1937 the weights have gone back as far as we know. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||