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).
Blueprint chart tracking customer complaints for Bentley cars from July to December 1938.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\2\ scan0264 | |
| Date | 1st January 1938 | |
| CHART OF COMPLAINTS 4 1/4 BENTLEY 1938 | JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC ENGINE THROTTLE STICKING DISTORTED 2 22 NEW SPRING FITTED 24 21 NEW SPRING 26 SPRINGS STRETCH AND WILL NOT FULLY CLOSE THROTTLE NEW MOD. SATISFACTORY. NOISY VALVE GEAR DUE TO WORN TAPPET ROLLERS AND PINS NIL 1 HEAVY OIL CONSUMPTION 3 2 WATER LEAKS FROM CYLINDERS 2 & 4 PLATES 2 3 EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS BROKEN 9 2 M.S STUDS ARE BEING FITTED TROUBLE DUE TO BENDING NOT STRETCHING EXHAUST MANIFOLD LUGS BROKEN NIL GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 2 (SHEET 2) 9 | ||