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).
Professor Dodds' feedback on his new all-steel body 3 1/2-litre Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\2\ scan0118 | |
| Date | 29th June 1936 | |
| +261 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} To- Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Copy to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} re Professor Dodds. You will doubtless remember that he complained very bitterly about the body on his 3 1/2-litre Bentley and we supplied him with the first of the all-steel bodies. I thought you would be interested to see the following extract from a letter I have received from him: 'I have now done three thousand miles with the new car and I am very pleased indeed with the body. I have had no trouble at all with the exception of the indicators which I understand and can well appreciate to be an almost unsolvable problem on a fast car. The body is still absolutely silent and to my mind is a very perfect design. One thing that is most noticeable about it is the lack of wind noises even when going at very high speeds. It is many times better than the 3. litre in this respect.' Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||