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).
Front floor of a Bentley, suggesting a passenger-side footwell for a test car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0229 | |
| Date | 19th January 1934 | |
| To H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} from EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} DOD Dev.5/HP.19.1.34. c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} BLY.{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales} re Front Floor. - Bentley. Attached is a memo received from Bly.{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales} through Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} We agree that the height of the sloping footboard taken up the slope is not that of the length of a normal foot - i.e. 11 1/2 to 12 inches. If we could have a well on the passengers side like that provided for the driver it would overcome this trouble. We believe an experimental set of all metal boards are being produced and we suggest that you might like to incorporate this feature in them for the next 10,000 miles test car. EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Handwritten notes: Top left crossed out: DOD Dev Top centre: H See me Top right: H/S | ||