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).
The procurement of additional materials for the D and E Series 3½-Litre Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\2\ scan0306 | |
| Date | 6th July 1934 | |
| Sft.{Mr Swift} from Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} AHi. x4584 Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}2/R.6.7.34. 3½-LITRE BENTLEY - ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} SERIES. Will By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} please release, and will Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} please order a further batch of 200 sets of material for D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Series, subject, of course, to all concerned making certain that we shall hold up any improvements that may be under consideration by the Experimental Department and By's Department. We are not anxious to stop the progress of the work, but it is essential that we do not order up material on which there are likely to be alterations, and thereby create scrap. Will By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} please let me have a list of all the parts which are held in abeyance for the time being? DUNLOP ROAD WHEELS. The batch of road wheels, complete with hubs, caps, etc. for this Series, must be ordered from Messrs. Dunlop. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} SERIES. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} can release, and Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} can order 100 sets of bar, billets, etc. for this Series, that is to say, no pressings, castings, forgings or finished parts must be ordered for the time being. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} | ||