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 coachbuilders requesting drawings of a Bentley body for Mr E.R. Hall's car for wind tunnel testing ahead of the Ulster Race.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\2\ Scan105 | |
| Date | 14th July 1934 | |
| COPY TO:- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X7962 PLEASE REPLY TO:- 14/15 CONDUIT ST, LONDON.W. EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}10/HP. 14th July 1934. Messrs. Offord & Sons Ltd., Coach Builders, 67, George Street, Portman Square, LONDON.W.1. Dear Sirs, re Bentley for Mr E.R.Hall. We understand that you built the body which is now on the Bentley chassis belonging to Mr E.R.Hall and which it is proposed to use in the Ulster Race. We are proposing to build an 8 scale model of this car, and it would help us very much if you could give us a drawing shewing the body as it now is in plan and elevation. We are proposing to make some wind tunnel tests with a view to reducing the wind resistance by modifications to shape. Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of ROLLS-ROYCE Limited | ||