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 detailing bodywork specifications for a Short Wheelbase Bentley, including bonnet and radiator modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\2\ scan0096 | |
| Date | 19th May 1938 | |
| c. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} 4-04 19th.May 1938. Secret & Confidential. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}4/N. Messrs.Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. Attention of C.Falconer.Esq., Dear Sir, Re: 2.B.5. - Short Wheelbase Bentley. We are now able to supply you with most of the outstanding information concerning the above body not given in our summary Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}18/G of the 2nd.inst. Bonnet and Radiator. The bonnet of 2.B.5. and the rest plate will be identical in shape with that of 1.B.5. The sheet steel dash will be used and the rear end of the bonnet will rest on the scuttle extension only. It will be necessary therefore to make sure that the depressed scuttle extension under the bonnet, when fitted with the rest material already supplied to you, will cause the bonnet to match up with the scuttle proper. We enclose herewith prints of the modified radiator shell FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}166 ( sheets 1 and 2). The contour of the back of the radiator is not changed from that of 1.B.5. but the facial slope has been increased and the base of the grille lowered. Cont'd..... | ||