The deceptive naming of car models to conceal their identity from coachbuilders.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\1\ B001_104 Body-page09 | |
| Date | 18th April 1932 | |
| COPY. X104 X.4027. X.5830. X.4553. To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 2/18.4.32. COPY TO C. CX. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} PN. {Mr Northey} HN. {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) 2. & BENSPORT(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) COACHWORK. In order to buy coachwork for Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) 2. without giving away what it really is all drawings sent to coachbuilders shew it with a sort of Bentley radiator, and it is called Bentley Model "A", The Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) will be called Bentley Model "B". EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Likewise J.3 is known to the coachbuilders as 25 HP. Wide Frame Experiment. | ||
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).