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 correcting performance specifications for the experimental prototype Bentley V.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\5\ scan0189 | |
| Date | 4th February 1941 | |
| - 2 - Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/ML.4.2.41. I myself have timed our experimental prototype Bentley V.{VIENNA}, to do 98 m.p.h. over the kilomtre on the autobahn. If therefore, you could omit any reference to maximum speed if you do not feel justified in mentioning more than 81 m.p.h., I THINK it would be fairer to the car. Page 15. The absolute maximum safe r.p.m. of the engine is 4,500 and not 5,000. Apart from these two points, I think your description of the car is very diverting and, I think, very flattering. Yours sincerely, Enclosure. | ||