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 from A.H.R. Fedden regarding alarming shimmying on a 3.5 litre Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\2\ scan0037 | |
| Date | 16th October 1934 | |
| 47961 LONDON OFFICE:- BUSH HOUSE, ALDWYCH, W.C.2. TELEPHONE: TEMPLE BAR 7193 TELEGRAMS: "BRISTAIRCO, BUSH LONDON" "Bristol" Aeroplanes and Aero Engines. TELEGRAMS:- INLAND: AVIATION, PHONE, FILTON. FOREIGN: AVIATION, FILTON. CODES:- WESTERN UNION. BENTLEY'S & A.B.C. TELEPHONES: OFFICES AND WORKS, 45051 | PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY LTD SBAC THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTORS SIR G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} STANLEY WHITE, BT{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} (MANAGING DIRECTOR.) FILTON HOUSE, BRISTOL, ENG. Your Ref. Our Ref. ENGINES F/60/HCM/EWB. October 16th.,1934. E.W.Hives Esq., Messrs.Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. My dear Hives, I wrote to you on the 28th. August, giving you criticisms of my 3 1/2 litre Bentley, and should be glad to have your comments. I have just returned from driving the car through Northern France and Belgium. The car behaved excellently, with the exception of the shimmying over bad pavé roads, which is really alarming, and something must be done about it. Yours sincerely, A.H.R.Fedden. | ||