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).
Reuters special report on a Bentley speed record in Paris.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\3\ scan0200 | |
| Date | 14th February 1939 | |
| 3.29 PM REUTERS SPECIAL - PARIS - MOTORING 2. DURING THE HOUR'S RUN THE FASTEST LAP WAS COVERED AT 175.74 KILOMETRES AN HOUR (JUST OVER 109 MILES AN HOUR) BUT LATER IN A SPECIAL FAST LAP THE BENTLEY, WHICH IS A FOUR-SEATER SALOON, /AVERAGED 110.043 MILES AN HOUR. THE CAR WAS IN NO WAY STRIPPED. IT WAS COMPLETELY FITTED OUT WITH SPARE WHEEL, TOOLS AND WIRELESS. WM/HGW/VEM/SHR. 14.2.39. REUTERS SPECIAL | ||