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).
Requesting a list of suggested modifications for the Bentley Car for export to the U.S.A.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\3\ img117 | |
| Date | 28th March 1934 | |
| S/W.....Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Tr{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance}5/D28.3.34 Re: Running of Bentley With reference to your various memos. from the U.S.A. re the running of the Bentley Car, I shall be much obliged if you will let me have at your leisure a list of the modifications suggested for the Bentley Car, particularly for Export, as a result of your experience in the U.S.A. In this connection I would quote Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}18/KW.5.2.34, in which it is quite clear that for American conditions we shall have to modify the design in several important particulars. Tr.{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance} | ||