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).
Letter regarding the testing of a Bentley radiator with a 52 m.m. Marston Mark VI matrix.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0079 | |
| Date | 25th November 1935 | |
| X64a G.W. Hancock, Esq., Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, France. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.15/KW.25.11.35. We are to-day sending you a Bentley radiator which is standard in every respect except that it has a 52 m.m. Marston Mark VI matrix fitted to it. Will you please fit this to B-56-BN{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} and run it for the rest of the car's mileage. We wish to see whether any mechanical failures occur with this matrix. Will you also run this radiator for some distance with the shutters wedged full open and let us know the corresponding water and air temperatures. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. | ||