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).
Problem with a Bentley's off-side rear door not shutting properly.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\2\ scan0325 | |
| Date | 4th April 1938 | |
| 206a W/S. To Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}3/AP.4.4.38 6.B.1V. BENTLEY Your memo Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}6/MH.{M. Huckerby}2.4.38 has been passed on to me by Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} The off-side rear door was not damaged in any accident nor did it come in contact with a post or tree as suggested by you. We noted that near the end of the mileage it became very difficult to shut properly. We do not know the reason, but would suggest as a possible explanation that the door might at some time have been closed with something trapped in the lower edge. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||