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).
Testing and fitting of a Bentley Bumper Bar.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\2\ scan0223 | |
| Date | 30th July 1935 | |
| X1023 To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/ETM30.7.35. Bentley Bumper Bar. Replying to Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}10/E22.7.35. We tried B-2-CW. on Thursday, the 25th inst, with JLE.{J. Lee Evans - Chassis Test Manager} We agree that the Bumper Bar did not make as much difference as we expected, in fact less than on any other car on which we have tried the bumper. We recommend that the cross member should be fitted between the head lamps and we should like to have the opportunity of trying the car again when this has been done. With regard to Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}8/D29.7.35; so far we have not contemplated using the Bumper Bar as a stabiliser, and therefore this will be an ordinary fitting. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||