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 G.W. Hancock regarding the road testing and final adjustments for a new Van Vooren bodied Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\1\ Scan151 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1935 | |
| G.W. Hancock, Esq., Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, France. <763 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}29/KW.3.9.35; Van Vooren Body - Bentley. I have asked Sr. to let you know when the Van Vooren body is finished so that you can pick it up and run it a few miles at Chateauroux, forming an opinion of it on the roads you know well, and at the same time allowing it to settle down somewhat. Will you then return it to Van Voorens for the final adjustments. We hope that we shall get the car at Derby by the end of next week. We shall be glad if you will take particular care of the upholstery, etc., as it may be used by Sales as a Demonstrator. We presume you will not be able to do much running on the SpectreCodename for Phantom III in view of its condition. The other car is going along well, but we shall keep it a little while in England before we send it out. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||