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Chart tracking engine failures for 3 1/2 and 4 1/4 litre Bentley models.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\3\  scan0110
Date  30th June 1939 guessed
  
CHART OF ENGINE FAILURES
3 1/2 AND 4 1/4 BENTLEY
1939
OWNERS NAME
WHERE FAILED
E = ENGLAND
A = ABROAD
JAN
FEB
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
NATURE OF FAILURE
(1) CRANKCASE BROKEN
DUE TO FAILURE OF
CONNECTING ROD.
M = MILEAGE
(2) NATURE OF FAILURE
Nº2 EXHAUST VALVE HEAD
BROKEN. PISTON
BROKEN.
(2) E ENGLAND
A ABROAD
E SIR JAMES HERON(Experimental 6 CYL OHV 40/50 WITH PNEUMATIC F.W.B. air pump on camshaft, then Servo) WALKER BT. {Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer}
GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 2
  
  
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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