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).
Confirming the fitting of a new Bentley front bumper bar and discussing related spring plate failures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\2\ scan0227 | |
| Date | 10th February 1938 | |
| To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} (crossed out) 200 a CHATEAUROUX IO/.10.2.38. 6.B.IV. - BENTLEY. Front Bumper Bar. Thank you for your memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.6/MH.{M. Huckerby}4.2.38. We have received and fitted the new bumper as instructed. We will enquire how many failures Paris have had of the spring plates, where weakened by the holes for the U bolts. You may recollect that we experienced such a failure on 3.B.IV. when it was last in France. ----------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Ivan M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Waller. | ||