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).
Placement of Bentley road tools to avoid them overheating from the exhaust.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 155\4\ scan0101 | |
| Date | 16th November 1933 | |
| 1326 To Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Ha/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} c. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Ha/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}14/KT.16.11.33. BENTLEY ROAD TOOLS. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/HP.10.11.33. We have had no experience with tools carried under the bonnet, but we can quite believe that if they are placed near the exhaust pipe they will become, under certain conditions, too hot to handle, even with a louvred bonnet. We think everything should be done to carry them on the offside of the engine, or if this is not practical, as far away from the exhaust as possible. Ha/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} | ||