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).
Need to bump test a side spare wheel carrier for a wide entrance Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\3\ scan0210 | |
| Date | 7th January 1937 | |
| 7013 Les - Anything stopping us giving this a bump test forthwith. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} By/RD. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} LV. E.1/HP.7.1.37. Bentley - Side Spare Wheel Carrier - LeC.5252. Referring to the above which is fitted to the wide entrance Bentley, we should like to have the testing of this carrier pushed forward as much as possible on account of the demand we are getting for modifications to the present side spare wheel carrier. These special requirements are occasioned by the modern type of mudguard in which the spare wheel is buried rather deeply, and also the desire for a further forward position of the wheel to allow for wider entrances to bodies. We would suggest that spare wheel carrier LeC. 5252 should be given a bumper test and that if it survives the usual period a 15,000 miles road test would hardly be necessary for standardisation. It is doubtful if the present side spare wheel carrier we are selling has ever been through a road test, certainly before being passed on to customers, but it was bump tested. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||