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).
List of modifications to be incorporated on the Bentley Chassis series material.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\2\ scan0377 | |
| Date | 23th September 1936 | |
| HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} BY/Cgh.{W Clough}1/W.23.9.36. BENTLEY CHASSIS : SERIES MATERIAL. The following is a list of the modifications which you consider should be incorporated on production chassis,and for which you are in possession of standardisation sheets,therefore no doubt you will issue these immediately:- (1) Mark VI Radiator Matrix. (2) Modified front anchorage,as per R.R.Sch.966, for front axle. (3) Coiled copper pipe from damper control to frame,and new over-riding control with suitable unions for pipe. (4) Improved valve springs as on 6.B.IV. (5) Improved piston rings as on 6.B.IV. (6) Ignition wire tube EB.2735,with Johnson and Phillips cables. (7) Stellited exhaust valves of low expansion material. (8) Inlet valves with close clearance. BY/Cgh.{W Clough} | ||