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).
The overhaul and despatch of a B.16 Bentley 4 1/4 Litre unit to the Paris Depôt.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\3\ scan0071 | |
| Date | 13th December 1937 | |
| To Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}6/MH.{M. Huckerby}13.12.37. B.16 UNIT (BENTLEY 4 1/4 LITRE). We are sending over the above unit for you to dismantle and overhaul, after which it is to be despatched to the Paris Depôt as a service spare. All the parts in this unit should be checked over for being standard and the latest production bearings and drilling of the crankshaft etc. should be carried out. The valves to be crack tested, also the pistons. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||