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).
Proposed features for a Bentley for the Aero Department, including wipers, anti-drumming fabric and seat modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\2\ scan0056 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1934 | |
| TO Mr..........FROM EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Mr Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Sv Rv Evl/TH.3.10.34. re:- BENTLEY for AERO DEPARTMENT. ----------------------------- We would like to fit to this car the following features:- (1) The 135 degree Klaxon Screen Wiper. (2) We would like to treat this body with an anti-drumming fabric called "silento", so as to get a comparison between a standard car and one so equipped. This material is bought in the sheet and stuck in and is, therefore, not expensive to apply. (3) We suggest that you would like to try on this car solid Latex cushions and squabs and the most likely type of sliding seat mechanism, with a view to getting some data on the subject for the next batch of standardised bodies. (4) We would like to fit on this car the vertical inner edge to the mud lip of the wings, to get some data on this subject on a Bentley. LP{Mr Lappin} would like fitted the standard sun vizors but with the inside mirror in front of them being as close to the glass as possible. The mirror will be obscured when the vizors are in use. EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} -------- | ||