Positive results from wind tunnel tests on a streamlined Bentley car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 155\1\ scan0125 | |
| Date | 7th November 1933 | |
| To HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} From HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Her. c. to C. c. to P. c. to Ds. c. to EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Rn. {Mr Robinson} STREAMLINEExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.ED BENTLEY CAR. We think the results obtained on the StreamlineExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.Ed Bentley justify the wind tunnel tests and show that the results obtained are reliable. Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} in his memo EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} V/KT.3.8.33 made the following statement - "By the proportionate comparison of data and facts, knowing that the standard saloon, with 94.5 HP. at the road wheels, at 4150 R.P.M., will lap at 88.5 M.P.H. and show a genuine 94 M.P.H. on the road, we can expect this small and revised bodied car to lap at 96 M.P.H. and show a genuine 103 M.P.H. on the road." We have exactly reproduced the results anticipated. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).