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 for a test run on car B-56-BN with disconnected shutters to investigate temperature readings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0017 | |
| Date | 26th October 1935 | |
| X264a G.W.Hancock. Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, FRANCE. From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.7/MA.26.10.35. We note in your daily reports on B-56-BN{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} that the water temperatures are on the high side in view of the low oil temperatures. Will you pleas run the car for one days mileage or for a portion of it with the shutters disconnected from the thermostat and wedged open, and let us know the average and maximum air and water temperatures. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. | ||