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).
Return of an experimental Bentley steering wheel and the adoption of a new standard wheel.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\3\ scan0203 | |
Date | 8th March 1934 | |
X3861 HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} S/W. BY c. to Wpr. c. " A.Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} re- Bentley Steering Wheel. Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}21/KW9/8.3.34. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} has passed to me your BY6/027.3.34. and copy of his reply, and in the circumstances I am arranging for the experimental wheel to be removed and returned to you immediately after Easter. I understand we shall be receiving this kind of wheel as standard on "C" series as per instructions you have received from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} | ||