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).
Letter to the Derby Daily Telegraph regarding a high-speed run by a Continental Bentley Saloon.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\3\ scan0209 | |
| Date | 14th February 1939 | |
| RMG/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 14th February, 1939. The Editor, "Derby Daily Telegraph", Northcliffe House, DERBY. Dear Sir, The attached information may interest you. The latest Continental Bentley Saloon car which recently did a high speed run on the Continent as per attached message from Reuters' News Agency, completed to-day an average of 107.42 on Montlhery officially timed by the A.C.F., and achieved a speed of over 110 m.p.h. for one lap. We attach a photograph of the car, which we should be glad if you would return. Yours faithfully, For ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. P.S. Please return Reuter telegram. | ||