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).
Request to arrange for a Bentley B.50.LS car to be brought to Derby for cold chamber starting tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\2\ scan0279 | |
| Date | 26th April 1939 | |
| 260 W/S - Lp.{Mr Lappin} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}14/JH.26.4.39. re Bentley B.50.LS. Thanks for the mileage figures and criticism of the motor fitted to the above car. We now wish to carry out some starting tests in our 'cold Chamber' on this unit. Will you please let us know when it will be convenient for the car to come to Derby for two days while this is done. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||