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).
Quotation for the cost of a rebore and other engine work for a Bentley chassis with an unknown number.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\3\ scan0143 | |
| Date | 31th January 1941 | |
| N/W - Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} is absent. Br/Bk{A. Birkett - Commercial Manager}3/H.31.1.41. Joo Re: Bentley Chassis Number Not Known. With reference to your queries in Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/ML.23.1.41., the cost of a rebore under war time conditions is as follows:- Bottom Decarbonisation........... £16.16.0. Oversize pistons................ £14. 0.0. Supply and fit new big ends.. £ 8.10.0. Let up main bearings............ £ 3. 0.0. Attend to slipper drive....... £ 3.10.0. Modification C ................. £12. 0.0. We are booked up until April, so that should your brother-in-law decide to have this or any other work carried out, it will be necessary to fix a mutually convenient date during that month, or later. Bk.{A. Birkett - Commercial Manager} | ||