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).
Confidential letter to coachbuilder Park Ward & Co. Ltd. regarding the design and specification of a Drop Head Coupé.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\5\ scan0160 | |
| Date | 4th January 1939 | |
| 40H c. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} BY.3/B. 4th. January, 1939. Messrs. Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Confidential. Dear Sirs, Re: Drop Head Coupé - 12.B.V. We have already sent to you a print of PD.331, and have asked you to go ahead with the full size drawing. Attached herewith is a complete specification of the coachwork and chassis. The design of head is intended to be that which you fit now to the Standard Bentley Coupé, and all the head fittings should correspond. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. CHIEF ENGINEER - CHASSIS. | ||