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).
Visit to Park Ward & Co. to discuss coachwork for an Experimental Bentley and a Phantom III Limousine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0433 | |
| Date | 25th May 1936 | |
| to M.H. Copy to Mr. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} +204 E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2/MN.25.5.36. Re Visit to Messrs.Park Ward & Co. May 21st.,1936. We visited Messrs.Park Ward & Co's Works on Thursday, May 21st.last, to discuss various items of coachwork with them. Experimental Bentley Body. Park Ward drawing No.12127. They have received our modifications to the back of this body shown on LeC.5116, and were in general agreement with the proposals, but since the full sized drawing has not been commenced they were not able to show us how the proposals would work out in practice. We presume someone will be issuing the instruction for them to go ahead on the full sized design of this body. We have to provide a design of spare wheel carrier with a stay to the front of the scuttle. 38-EX - Long Wheelbase Phantom III Limousine. The steel sections of this body have been made and are about to be assembled. We wrote them asking for particulars of the body, on 18.2.36 and 8.5.36, to enable us to design the transverse stays from the second cross member. These letters had been mislaid but were found, and we have now received drawing No. FS.{F. Steele}154 which shows us the information we require. As far as we could see there seems to be something wrong with their requirements and we are investigating this. The drawing they sent is rather inadequate. We also wrote to Messrs. Park Ward & Co. on 9.5.36, sending them a drawing of a proposed 'Flotex' mounting. This letter and drawing had been lost but were found, and they promised us a letter saying whether this scheme should be incorporated, but so far we have not received an answer. Their proposed method of welding tubes into the bottom side for holding the body down to the body brackets is not good as it imposes a heavy local load on the weld. | ||