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).
Secret memo discussing the possibility of fitting a straight-eight engine into an existing Bentley 50 car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\1\ scan0060 | |
| Date | 20th April 1938 | |
| 804? SECRET To Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/AP.20.4.38 Confirming our conversation, we should be glad if you would look into the question of putting the straight-eight engine being projected by Jnr.{Charles L. Jenner} into the existing Bentley 50 car, if possible with the existing wheelbase and also demonstrating alternatives increasing the distance between the front wheels and the dashboard as shown on PD.136. We should like the drawings to be an actual representation of what can be done with the pieces. We understand PD.136 may not be possible in practice. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||