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 Park Ward & Co. Ltd. concerning the mock-up design for a petrol tank filler on a Short Wheelbase Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\2\ scan0042 | |
| Date | 10th November 1937 | |
| c. to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} 200B 10th.November 1937. 404. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}12/N. Confidential. Messrs.Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Dear Sirs, Re: Short Wheelbase Bentley 1-B-5. We send you herewith a print of PD.31 shewing the design of the petrol tank filler in the near-side rear wing. In order that we may get a pre-view of the appearance of the filler in this position, we suggest that you rig up a standard Bentley filler placed as shewn, when you build up the mock-up of the complete car. You will see that the filler head is almost identically that of the standard Bentley. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. Car Project Office. | ||