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).
Supply of Bentley V material and the feasibility of post-war production.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\2\ scan0086 | |
Date | 20th June 1941 | |
To: Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} and Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1212 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/RH.{R. Hollingworth}20.6.41. SUPPLIES OF BENTLEY V.{VIENNA} MATERIAL. Here is a summary of the present position with regard to the possibility of building B.V's after the war. Obviously, it would be hardly worth starting up production until at least five hundred sets of parts were in progress in the factory. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||