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).
Arrangement of tools under the bonnet of a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 155\4\ scan0095 | |
| Date | 6th October 1933 | |
| To WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} C.C. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} NV. Mr. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} LID{A. J. Lidsey} 132b E.7/HP.6.10.33. re Tools on Bentley. We are getting EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} to look into the question of arranging the Bentley tools under the bonnet. It is obvious that this car, more than any, requires a scheme of this nature. The various Coachbuilders concerned in producing the first 15 have all had their own schemes for locating the tools in this way with varying degrees of satisfaction. It will be necessary to fix these tools so that they will not rattle but are easily detachable, and if possible all on one side of the bonnet, preferably the nearside of the chassis. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||