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).
Coachbuilder Hooper's request for a heavy gauge frame on all Silver Cloud and Bentley chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\1\ Scan137 | |
| Date | 24th March 1959 | |
| Sales/Crewe - VS{J. Vickers}/GHK c.c. Gry{Shadwell Grylls} VS{J. Vickers}/RD VS{J. Vickers} VS{J. Vickers}/MP GB CLm{D. D. Clapham} (Lillie Hall) APM/Kt Gnr APM/McF SF JPB Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}3/BB 24.3.59 1959 Bentley, Silver Cloud and Continental With reference to your VS{J. Vickers}/GHK. 1/SJP. 29.10.58 the information in which I passed to each of our coachbuilders, you will remember that in my Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}5/BB 14.11.58 I told you that Hooper's had said they anticipated no difficulty in maintaining a satisfactory degree of rigidity in the scuttles of their hard topped bodies mounted on the 16 SWG frame. I am now very sorry indeed to have to tell you that Hooper's will now want the heavy gauge frame on all Silver Cloud and Bentley chassis regardless of the type of body as you will see from the attached copy of a letter written me by Mr. Rivers on the 23rd March. Of course we could tell Hooper's that like the other coachbuilders they will have to accept the lighter gauge frame when the body is to have a fixed top but this might prove awkward if body troubles were experienced. Can you suggest anything else we can do short of insisting that Hooper's use the 16 SWG frame for all bodies other than those with soft tops? Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} | ||