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).
Official order for a modified Bentley bonnet from Hallam Sleigh & Cheston.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\3\ scan0129 | |
| Date | 18th August 1938 | |
| 405 To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/AW. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.35/JH.18.8.38. Will you please send an official order to Messrs. Hallam Sleigh & Cheston for one Bentley bonnet complete to drawing ECD.328. This bonnet to be similar to one already supplied but having 4" extra left on the rear end. This bonnet was ordered over the telephone during the holidays and has been received. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||