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Request for feedback on the reliability of a Lucas starter motor fitted to a Bentley B.50.LS.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 88\2\  scan0268
Date  5th April 1939
  
260. also 6134

W/S {Derby Works / Sales} - LP. {Mr Lappin}

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs} 19/JH.5.4.39.

re Bentley B.50.LS.

We fitted a Lucas starter motor to your Bentley on the 5th. May 1938.

We are now investigating the reliability of this unit and would greatly appreciate any criticisms of performance together with a rough approximation of the number of starts, or mileage carried out in this time.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs}
  
  
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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