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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).
Instruction to coachbuilder Park Ward & Co. regarding the use of brown hide and fawn headcloth for a Bentley.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 111\1\  scan0053
Date  2nd April 1938
  
Secret. 804
Copy to Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} at W. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}2/AH.2.4.38.
Bentley 1-B.50
Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2/N.1.4.38.
We note what you write about the upholstery and have instructed Park Ward & Co., to use the brown hide and fawn headcloth you prefer.
Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}
  
  


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