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).
Withdrawing a suggestion to use Winchester italic for the Bentley 'B' on hub caps, in favor of matching the existing radiator emblem.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 3\4\ 04-page424 | |
| Date | 22th July 1933 | |
| S/W. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to SS.{S. Smith} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. " S G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. " DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}, Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} c. " CY.H. re- Bentley. In my CxE/KM20.7.33, I suggested that the 'B' you are proposing to put on the hub caps of this car,it should if possible take the form of the Winchester italic which we have chosen for all Bentley literature,& now sign,etc. Having regard,however, to the fact that the original Bentley design of 'B' appears already on the radiator, it would not of course do to have this 'B' in two different styles. We therefore wish to withdraw our suggestion about making it of the Winchester italic design, and confirm that it should obviously conform to the style of 'B', already on the radiator with the wings. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} | ||