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).
Critique of a car's design, focusing on its wire wheels, wings, and body.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 3\4\ 04-page187 | |
Date | 8th February 1933 guessed | |
-2- legroom in the back and this could be gained without material alteration to the body. I thought the appearance of the wire wheels would not please the type of person buying this car. 11 They look too much like the wheels fitted to cheap cars - also the front and back wings did not seem suitable for the type of body being, I thought, ugly and bad from wind-resistance. Taking all things into consideration I would rather own this Bentley car than any car produced under that name. In the short time I was with the car it was difficult to take in all its points, and the above are only the things which seemed most obvious. Bm. | ||