Confirming the fitting of a new Bentley front bumper bar and discussing related spring plate failures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\2\ scan0227 | |
| Date | 10th February 1938 | |
| To. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les. (crossed out) 200 a CHATEAUROUX(French test region) IO/.10.2.38. 6.B.IV. - BENTLEY. Front Bumper Bar. Thank you for your memo Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Les.6/MH. {M. Huckerby} 4.2.38. We have received and fitted the new bumper as instructed. We will enquire how many failures Paris have had of the spring plates, where weakened by the holes for the U bolts. You may recollect that we experienced such a failure on 3.B.IV. when it was last in France. ----------- Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /IMW. {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Ivan M. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Waller. | ||
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).