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).
Bentley 50 Body Project, detailing the plan to produce two steel mock-ups for testing and design finalization.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\1\ scan0009 | |
| Date | 7th January 1938 | |
| 104H Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} O.{Mr Oldham} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} BY.10/G.7.1.38. 80H Bentley 50. BODY PROJECT. You have a copy of Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}13/E.5.1.38. This gives us a definite line of action to follow. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} has a copy of Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}'s memo already, and I have intimated that this is the most urgent job we have in hand, as it is most important now we have some definite scheme to produce the two 'mock-ups' called for as quickly as possible. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} has confirmed that the bodies are steel, not composite, and they follow Ward's general principle of construction. The 'mock-ups' are separate, one being to enable body room to be tested and criticised, the other being to settle front appearance. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||