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 a modified Wilmot Breeden bumper for a Bentley Chassis.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\2\ scan0308 | |
Date | 10th November 1936 | |
Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} F.J.H BY.15/N.10.11.36. 1023 Bentley Chassis - Wilmot Breeden Bumpers. Kindly note we have instructed the Stores to hand over to you a Wilmot Breeden bumper which has been fitted with with a 3/8" rubber packing compressed to 1/4" in the dash pots. This is the suggestion I made to Wilmot Breeden's representative sometime ago, and I should be pleased if you will arrange to have same tested, and let me have your report when available. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||