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).
Requesting a drawing for a raised front engine mounting for a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\5\ scan0150 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1937 | |
| E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} E/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}2/R.3.5.37. BENTLEY ENGINE MOUNTING. Confirming our telephone conversation with E/Lid{A. J. Lidsey}, we are proposing to send a Bentley to France in about a month's time, and we should particularly like this car to have a raised front engine mounting. We shall be glad, therefore, if the Design Department will issue a drawing of a raised mounting, like the one they have just done for the Wraith, that is to say, having the larger central rubber block and high wide spaced torque rubbers. On this engine we shall wish to have fixed shutters, and the most up-to-date thermostat in the water system. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||