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).
The potential exhibition of a Streamline Bentley with French coachwork at the Earls Court Exhibition.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\3\ scan0111 | |
| Date | 12th May 1939 | |
| HOOL. S/W. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. " Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. " C. c. " Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. " Ds. c. " Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} c. " RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. " Gry{Shadwell Grylls} c. " RY c. " LA{L. A. Archer} c. " Les c. " H.R.Smith c. " Ll.Smith gry{Shadwell Grylls} Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}2/KW12.5.39. Streamline Bentley. Thank you for EY/Mtn.3/G8.5.39. and I note you will have further news as to the progress of the bodywork later this week. There is of course not very much time to lose now if we are to definitely exhibit one of these cars at the next Earls Court Exhibition in October. If necessary, we could of course exhibit it with French coach-work, and by that I mean it is not against the regulations so long as we indicate that it is French coachwork. It does not seem to me that it would be easy to get a body built over here in time. Will you please let me have before the next Chassis Conference a complete list of all the features on the streamline Bentley chassis which will be different from standard Bentley products, and which will not therefore have been submitted to the 50,000 miles type test. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} | ||