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).
The testing status of the Bentley 8-B-IV, including carburetter fitting and its expected return to Derby.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0232 | |
| Date | 30th September 1936 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X200a Levallois, September 30th, 1936. Bentley 8-B-IV. The car has finished one test, with its own induction. A borrowed large induction and carburetter are now being fitted. After this test is completed, Waller will need a day to go over the car. When this is completed a report will be forwarded. With regard to the car returning. This will depend upon the weather conditions etc. If the tests are completed as we expect, the car should be in Derby on Monday. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||