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 coachbuilder Park Ward & Co. detailing increased interior dimensions for a new saloon body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0243 | |
| Date | 5th February 1934 | |
| - 2 - Messrs. Park Ward & Co., Ltd. 5/2/34. cross member and lamp brackets. We are enclosing herewith also a Specification of the body which is to be completed in six weeks,if possible, not more than eight weeks from today. The body differs from the standard saloon in its internal dimensions by the following, approximately:- (1) Width of front seat at elbow line, one inch more. (2) Head-room, one inch more. (3) Knee-room of rear seat, two inches more. In these remarks we do not refer to the dimensions given on our N.Scheme.3686, to which the standard saloon was made, but to the actual internal dimensions of the standard saloon as produced. We would be glad if you would put the full-sized drawing in hand at once and notify the writer when it is completed, at the same time, send to Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} with a copy to the writer, an estimate of the cost. Yours faithfully, For BENTLEY MOTORS(1931) LTD. ENCLS: | ||