Congratulatory letter regarding a speed record set by a Streamlined Bentley at Brooklands, surpassing a Bugatti.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\4\ scan0108 | |
| Date | 19th July 1939 | |
| Bentley Motors Ltd. London..........Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} copy to "Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} " Derby Showrooms Sr/Dn16/MLG.19.7.39 I was very pleased to receive this morning the notification you kindly sent me of the speed attained by Captain Eyston with the StreamlineExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.Ed Bentley on the Brooklands track and I wish to send you my hearty congratulations. This beats the performance of the Bugatti 3.3.C. type (supercharged) by 1.785 kms. I know positively that the Bugatti people took great pains to prepare their car for the test which took place on the 27th May and spent a lot of money building the body entirely of duraluminium. "Sr" | ||
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).