Letter to coachbuilder Park Ward & Co. detailing the design and installation of a petrol filler on a Bentley body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\1\ scan0406 | |
| Date | 17th December 1935 | |
| Copy to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} RmG. x204 Pen E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 1/MN. 17th. December, 1935. Messrs. Park Ward & Co., 473, High Road, Willesden, London, N.W.10. For the attention of Mr.C.Ward. Dear Sirs, Petrol Filler on Side of Body. - Bentley. We understand that our Mr. Hancock is bringing to you to-day the steel body Bentley B 56 BN {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} , and that he will ask you to fit an outside petrol filler mounted in the side of the luggage boot. On LeC 4859 which we enclose herewith we show the design and position of this filler on the body. The mounting of the filler has been schemed for use with the composite wood and aluminium body, but we see no reason why it should not be applied to the all-steel body. In the design LeC 4859 we asked the Coachbuilder to provide a panel of steel .064" thick beaten to the shape of the final aluminium panelling, and fastened to the framework of the body in the area where the filler cap is located. Into this the Coachbuilder cuts a hole and welds the piece of steel tubing A, which is provided by ourselves, with its face the height above the dome of the panel given on the print. The body is then panelled. To erect the filler head and rubber tube the following procedure is adopted. The main outer casting B with the cap is placed in position and revolved until the hinge and catch appear to be horizontal, when the position of the dowel D is marked on the outer end of the welded-in tube. The casting is then removed and a slot filed in the edge of the tube to take the locating pin. At this point the rubber grummet and the Staybrite | ||
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).