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).
To Sir Herbert Smith regarding the difficulty of improving coupé bodies on chassis 3-BT-81.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\1\ scan0367 | |
| Date | 22th December 1938 | |
| 361 Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/R.22.12.38. SIR HERBERT SMITH, BT.{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Confirming our conversation when we tried Chassis No. 3-BT{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer}-81, we do not believe that we shall be able to improve materially this car. We agree that coupé bodies are notoriously difficult to deal with, and that we should never expect to make such a satisfactory car of the coupé as of the limousine. In order, however, to make the best of coupes which are naturally popular on Rolls-Royce and Bentley Chassis we are proposing to make a study of them on our new experimental cars, and issuing recommendations as to basic principles of construction to the coachbuilders. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||