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).
Bentley Stabilising Bumper Bars and the need for modified starting handles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\2\ scan0186 | |
| Date | 18th January 1935 | |
| +4522 To Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} & By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to JLE.{J. Lee Evans - Chassis Test Manager} c. to Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}6/KW.18.1.35. Bentley Stabilising Bumper Bars. We have heard from Messrs. Wilmot-Breeden Ltd. that a considerable number of Stabilising Bumper Bars have been ordered by our Works and our Sales Depts., and we have made enquiries as to whether a corresponding number of modified starting handles are being prepared. By/Cgh.{W Clough} has informed us that no modified starting handles have been instructed by them. We are therefore wondering whether it is fully appreciate that modified starting handles are necessary when the stabiliser is fitted. We attach a copy of Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}4/KW.18.12.34, which gives particulars of the modifications necessary on the starting handle. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||