Bensport Series 1 modification to raise the starter motor for improved ground clearance after an issue on an experimental car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\3\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 13th March 1933 | |
| X216. To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner} c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) Series 1. We send you herewith: LeC.3406 - showing the bottom half of the crankcase with the starter motor raised .625". This has been done to enable the brake equalising shaft to be lifted and thereby improve the ground clearance. This has come about owing to the rod connecting the front equalising shaft and the balance lever on the servo being bent on the first experimental car when being driven over frozen snow. E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner} E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner} 2/HP.13.3.33. | ||
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).