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 to Bentley Motors clarifying feedback on a car's ride comfort and springing compared to a Hillman 80.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\1\ scan0217 | |
| Date | 4th December 1936 | |
| RFS.P. 4th December, 1936. W. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Cowen, Esq., Messrs. Bentley Motors (1931) Ltd., 16, Conduit Street, London, W. 1. Dear Mr. Cowen, I thank you for your letter of the 1st instant. I had contemplated sending my car to Derby when I get delivery of the V.8. Standard which I have ordered. I think this will probably not be until the new year. I am afraid, from your last paragraph, you have not quite got my attitude correctly. If the car was capable of a higher speed, I should use it, but the point I tried to make clear to you when I called at your office was that I was not interested in going fast on bad roads with the present type of springing. I also tried to explain to you that my Hillman 80 on the same roads and at the same speed was infinitely more comfortable and more controllable than the Bentley. I can quite imagine that it would not be possible to make much improvement on the existing design, and the purpose of my visit to you was to impress upon you that I am genuinely | ||