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Road test report on a Bentley 6-B-IV covering a 30-mile drive in London traffic.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 83\2\  scan0102
Date  28th September 1931
  
200a

28.9.31.

BENTLEY 6-B-IV.

LONDON TRAFFIC. GARDINER & WALSH. 30 MILES.

Engine - Continued good except for roar, no misfires. Petrol pump audible standing by car, but not from driver's car.

Clutch - Continued smooth and free from slip. Thrust race noisier if anything, and can be heared in traffic outside car.

Gear Box- Continued difficulty with occasional sticking of gear lever.

Rear axle- Good.

Brakes - Fronts firing once or twice when stopped. Squeaks continued.

Speedo - Add 50% at least to mileage.

A.J.Gardiner.
  
  
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).


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