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).
Pre-delivery modifications and preparations for chassis B-56-BN.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\5\ scan0042 | |
| Date | 8th August 1935 | |
| To H.C. c. to HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rvm. c. to HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} c. to HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/EWG. c. to HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW. 8.8.35. Chassis No. B-56-BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} This car is leaving for France at mid-day on Saturday. It should arrive in the Works this evening, the 8th inst. Will you please carry out the following work on the car :- (1) Fit a bumper bar, to be supplied by HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} (2) Fit 7 to 1 compression cylinder head, to be supplied by HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} (3) Fit an alternative petrol filter as provisionally rigged up on Bentley No. 6 by HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/EWG. Will you please see that the engine is filled with Castrol XXL. oil. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||