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 from a customer to Bentley Motors expressing dissatisfaction with a car's performance and preference for a Mulliner body over the new streamline design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\2\ img327 | |
| Date | 2nd July 1934 | |
| COPY. From: Briggs S. Cunningham, Royal London Yacht Club, Cowes, I.O.W. July 2nd, 1934. To: B. W. Breaney, Esq., Bentley Motors, Ltd., 16, Conduit Street, London. Dear Sir, Thank you for your letter and pictures. I find that I will be able to get a Bentley as far as Staines to-morrow as I am going to the 'Segonnia' home, to have a run in one of their cars. I have contacted Cox here and tried out the 4 1/4-litre he has, but it doesn't satisfy me in acceleration or springing. I have a letter from Robotham and I am going to Derby on August 10th and see him about the new streamline model. I do not want a sedan body however, and I must have independent front wheel suspension. The Mulliner body you sent a photo of is by far the best looking body of them all! I think, and I don't like the looks of the new streamline front end. Most sincerely, BRIGGS CUNNINGHAM (Signed). | ||