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Summary of petrol pump complaints for 3.5 & 4.25 litre Bentley models, recorded during February 1939.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 103\2\  scan0043
Date  6th March 1939
  
To - Mxr
c.to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} / G.W.H. ✓
file.

W/Kingsbury 6th: March. 1939

PETROL PUMP COMPLAINTS 3½ & 4¼ litre BENTLEY.
RECORDED DURING FEBRUARY. 1939.

COMPLAINT. | Type of pump.
| D.B. 447. | G.S. | G.S.S.C. | Total.

BENTLEY 4¼ litre.
Failure. | - | 3 | 1 | 4
Leaking. | - | 4 | 1 | 5

1, Breakdown on road.

BENTLEY 3½ litre.
Failure. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6
Leaking. | - | 3 | 1 | 4
Noisy. | 1 | - | - | 1

Total number of pumps replaced................20.

Pk/KC/FED.
  
  
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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