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).
Rear seat room specifications for the Bentley 50 - 6 Light Saloon, comparing it with other models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\1\ scan0012 | |
| Date | 18th January 1938 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} C. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} C. Ds. DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}18/G.18.1.38. 804 RE: BENTLEY 50 - 6 LIGHT SALOON. Confirming our conversation this morning, we have made PD.99, a print of which is herewith. This shows the room between the division and the front of the rear seat on the close coupled Wraith 25-G-V1, the Humber Snipe and the 6-light Saloon B.50, as drawn on PD.80. It will be seen that Messrs. Park Ward & Co. have not made the room in the Wraith as great as that called for on our scheme LeC.5290. The room on the B.50 as shown on the project PD.80 is exactly the same as that on the Humber Snipe. On examining the drawings we find that we can increase this room by 1" as you suggested on the first body by reducing the depth of the rear seat from 21", our normal to 20". DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||