Status list of modifications and investigations for the Bentley chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\4\ Scan057 | |
| Date | 10th December 1935 | |
| ITEM. BENTLEY CHASSIS. Girling type brake equalisers - front - revised chassis. Put aside. " " " rear - " " " Investigation into stiffening up present chassis frame. " " " of new and stiffer chassis frame. " " Mods. to floorboards to suit elimination of cutout. Completed 29.11.35. " to reverse mechanism to give better control. " 2.12.35. Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) type oil seal - rear main bearing. In hand. Clip - water return pipe from induction system. Completed 25.11.35. Exhaust tail pipe with increased ground clearance. " 30.11.35. 2" wider dashboard. Completed. Modification to lettering of steering column control quadrant. Completed 2.12.35. H.T. wires and tubes - large bore engine. " 30.11.35. Mods. to floorboards round R.R. foot switch. " 6.12.35. Alternative scheme of outside petrol filler. " 10.12.35. P.III streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E) wing lamps on Bentley chassis. " 10.12.35. Rubber mounted petrol pumps. In hand. | ||
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).