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).
Letter from Park Ward & Co. Ltd providing the calculated weight of a Bentley 'B' Tourer coachwork.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0065 | |
| Date | 5th January 1933 | |
| 8293. PARK, WARD & CO. LTD COACHBUILDERS OFFICIALLY APPOINTED RETAILERS OF ROLLS ROYCE CARS (SHOWROOMS - 40 CONDUIT STREET) 473 HIGH ROAD WILLESDEN LONDON N.W.10 DIRECTORS: A.T. ROBERTS W.M. PARK C.W. WARD F.C. THORNE J.A. FALCONER C.A. C. FALCONER TELEPHONE: WILLESDEN 2595-6-7 TELEGRAMS: WARENPAR-WILLROAD-LONDON NAT/MO. 5th January, 1933. E.W. Hives, Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Nightingale Road, Derby. Dear Sir, Re Bentley 'B' Tourer. We calculate the weight of this coach-work to be 5 cwts. 2 qrs. and the six-light Saloon Bentley 'A' 8 cwts. 1 qr. 17 lbs. This now completes the list of weights of all 'A' and 'B' bodies which we have constructed. Yours faithfully, for PARK WARD & CO. LTD. W.H. Thompson LID{A. J. Lidsey} | ||