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).
Potential car for H.R.H. The Duke of Kent and associated issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\3\ scan0151 | |
| Date | 11th February 1941 | |
| S/W Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Re H.R.H. The Duke of Kent. --------- His Royal Highness recently visited Rotols and I have a report from Bly.{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales} that Field (the driver) said he thought H.R.H. would be interested in having a B-V.{VIENNA} Apparently he does very large mileages and his present car has done 39,000. I presume you agree that this is not the sort of car we would like H.R.H. to have at present, more particularly in view of the gearbox difficulty. In any case, the only car available is the Young car, and as I have informed you, there appears little prospect of getting this finished. C. | ||