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).
Confirming the chassis and unit numbers for the first fitments of increased capacity Bentley oil pumps.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\2\ scan0163 | |
| Date | 5th July 1937 | |
| W/S. To Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}12/5.7.37 BENTLEY OIL PUMPS. In reply to your memo Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}11/KW.3.7.37., the first chassis to be fitted with the increased capacity oil pump was B.2.K.T., the unit number being B.4.B.J. We also confirm that the information given in our memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}6/JH.29.6.37 was correct in that the first unit to be fitted with this type of oil pump was B.2.BJ. This was fitted into the second chassis of 'K' series B.4.K.T. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||