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Front bumper bar failure on a Large Bore Bentley due to a sheared pin.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 83\4\  scan0010
Date  22th October 1935
  
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To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Large Bore Bentley - B-56-EN. Sgl/E22.10.35

I see from the report of the 17th that the front bumper bar fell off due to a pin shearing.

I am rather concerned because I thought that since this trouble had occurred, we had strengthened up the fitting.

I should like to hear from you before taking any further action. It is hardly necessary to stress the danger of this happening.

Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}
  
  
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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