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Petrol pump complaints for 3½ & 4¼ litre Bentley models, recorded during April 1939.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 162\1\  img022
Date  5th May 1939
  
To - Mr. from PK/KC/FHD.
c.to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
Folio.
W/Kingsbury. 5th: May 1939.

PETROL PUMP COMPLAINTS 3½ & 4¼ litre BENTLEY.

RECORDED DURING APRIL.1939.

COMPLAINT. | Type of pump. | D.B. 447 | G.S. | G.B.S.C. | Total

BENTLEY 4¼ litre.
Failure | - | 2 | 4 | 6
Leaking | - | 3 | 2 | 5
Modification | - | 2 | - | 2
1. breakdown on road.

BENTLEY 3½ litre.
Failure | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9
Leaking | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5
5. breakdown on road

Total number of pumps replaced.................27

PK/KC/FHD.
  
  
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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