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).
Request to detail a longer rear bumper bracket for Bentley 50 chassis 2.B.50 due to a frame measurement discrepancy.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 112\2\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 5th December 1938 | |
| PY/NS.{Norman Scott} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 8027 DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}14/G.5.12.38. BENTLEY 50. CHASSIS 2.B.50. As the frame on 2.B.50 is 39.250 from the rear axle to the rear end, and not 41.000 as shewn on F.CD.1020, will you please detail a rear bumper bracket 1.750 longer than the one shewn on F.CD.1020 in order that the rear bumper may be correctly positioned in relation to the body tail. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||