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List of modifications to be made to Bentley chassis B-56-BN before being sent to France.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 83\4\  scan0131
Date  17th February 1936
  
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To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 4/KW.17.2.36.
B-56-BN. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}
This car is going to France as soon as possible, to represent exactly the present production large bore Bentley. Will you therefore please effect the following modifications to the chassis :-
(1) Remove the front roll rod and fit standard production road springs.
(2) Remove the temporary exhaust system and fit one of the correct type.
(3) Fit P-100-R headlamps, to be supplied by West.
(4) Battery box lid {A. J. Lidsey} is missing.
(5) Fit up correctly the outside petrol filler.
(6) Attend to the short in the instrument patch wiring.
(7) Fit B-20 unit, and make sure that the rev. counter gearing is the latest 6 to 1 ratio. The standard production rev. counter will then read correctly.
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}
  
  
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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