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).
Request for the complete weight of a production chassis and car for the Bentley Guarantee.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 3\4\ 04-page394 | |
| Date | 26th July 1933 | |
| S/W (Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/LID{A. J. Lidsey}). LID{A. J. Lidsey} x urs.N Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}/Bly{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales}6/CP26.7.33. re. Bentley Guarantee. Further to your Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/LID{A. J. Lidsey}/KT16.6.33. we shall be glad to hear whether you can now give us the complete weight of the production chassis, including petrol, oil, water, tools, spares etc. We wish to obtain, if possible, the total of the complete car, including passengers and luggage which we can stipulate in the Guarantee. If you can help us with this information in the near future we shall be obliged. Blg/WO | ||