Decision to fit a stone guard and remove the shutters from the Bensport radiator.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\1\ scan0017 | |
| Date | 20th March 1933 | |
| To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} BENSPORT(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) RADIATOR. The decision has been made that we shall fit a stone guard in the front of the Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) radiator. This is not going to be very convenient to do especially when provision has to be made to remove the stone guard to clean the shutters. We recommend, on the Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) car, we dispense with the shutters altogether. We are certain the car will perform just as well without them. We shall save considerable expense and a nice piece of weight. The Americans were the people who really developed shutters but they have now mostly given them up, although some of the cars have the appearance of shutters they are simply fixed radiator guards. We do not think there will be any difficulty in arranging for the next Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) car we are building to be fitted up without shutters, we shall still use the thermostat but this would be used for short circuit in the radiator similar to the scheme which we used on Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial) cars. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).