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Follow-up document on conference minutes, detailing modifications and production status for the Bensport model.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 30\2\  Scan192
Date  29th March 1933
  
Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} 13/M.29.3.33

MATTERS FOR ATTENTION ARISING OUT OF MINUTES OF CONFERENCE, JANUARY 31/1933.

MINUTE 2. BENSPORT(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley).

LATEST POSITION AT 29.3.33.

Modification of floorboards, pedal position, seating position and leg room.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 5/MJ.24.3.33. states that the next "Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley)" car which is being produced has the modified floorboards.

Crankcase alteration & R.R. Petrol pump to be brought in on next series to synchronize with its adoption on 20/25.

In hand by Exp. Dept. See Minutes 9/3/33.

15 Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) chassis to be ready end of July or early August; these are in addition to 1st Exp. chassis.
  
  
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).


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