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).
Letter to Messrs. Park Ward & Co. Ltd. specifying bodywork changes for a Bentley 3.B.5.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\2\ scan0163 | |
| Date | 5th October 1938 | |
| c. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} c. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} HOH 5th. October 1938. BY.4/N. Messrs.Park Ward & Co.Ltd., 473, High Road, Willesden, London N.W.10. For the attention of Mr.Ward. Dear Sir, Re: Bentley 3.B.5. Many thanks for your letters, ref: NAT/JMW. and CLD/VR{E. S. Voller - Orders}/B297, of the 1st. and 4th. of October respectively, re the above. 1. We would like the back flap of the luggage boot to fold down horizontally or approximately so, to act as a luggage grid in emergency. The problem of obscuring the rear number plate does not arise as this item is now on the offside wing. The lid{A. J. Lidsey} should be light, and house the tools as illustrated in Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}24/JH.20.9.38. It should be a cantilever. 2. The waist moulding should finish off in a rat-tail. 3. We have chosen the leather from the samples you have submitted and of which we return a pattern herewith. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. CHIEF ENGINEER - CHASSIS. | ||