Requesting a list of non-standard features for a 10,000-mile Bentley test car destined for France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0294 | |
| Date | 11th November 1936 | |
| 200d To [struck through] Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Smth. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Mths. {Reg Matthews} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /CTS. {C. Trot Salt - Carburation} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GR. {George Ratcliffe} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /JBD. {John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Ory5/R.11.11.36. Will you please fill in and return to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry {Shadwell Grylls} all the non-standard features you would like to have on the next 10,000 mile Bentley, which should be leaving for France in about a month's time. Please state whether the parts you require are already in existence either in the Stores, or on an experimental chassis. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).