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).
Questioning who is liable for the cost of new steel wings fitted to Mr. R. Summers' car, which may have been used for an experiment.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\1\ scan0116 | |
| Date | 21th November 1934 | |
| S/W....Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} C6/C21.11.34 Re B.65.AE...Mr.R.Summers. You will remember that this car was sent back to Park Wards for certain attention and among the items that were instructed as chargeable work was a set of new steel wings. For these Park Ward want to charge us £19.10.0. I am not quite certain as to how this particular item arose, but I think that you were rather anxious to have some experience of steel wings on the Bentley to see if they stood up better than the aluminium, and you were using Mr.R.Summers' car for the experiment. On the other hand it may be that Mr.Summers himself wanted to try these. Perhaps you will please let me know because I want to decide who is to pay - that is, whether or not we can charge Mr.Summers. C. | ||