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).
Specification for a Bentley stabilising bumper with a list of particulars and modifications for the starting handle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 118\2\ scan0155 | |
| Date | 18th December 1934 | |
| Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}4/KW.18.12.34. Specification of Stabilising Bumper for Bentley. Bumper to be supplied by Messrs. Wilmot Breeden Ltd., Eastern Works, Camden Street, Birmingham, to the following particulars :- (1) Bentley Stabiliser, type 'A'. (2) Overall width 62", weight 34 lbs. (3) Wilmot-Breeden type ends. (4) Packing Pieces between Silent Blocs and Springs to our drawing N.Sch.4288. (5) Silent Blocs to our Drawings Nos. F.B.1732, F.B.1733, modified to N.Sch.4301. (6) Studs for securing to Dumb Iron, to Drawg. F.B.1734. (7) Nuts for above to Drwg. F.B.1659. (8) Number Plate Securing Brackets to N.Sch.4277. Otherwise complete. (9) Attachment to Dumb Iron to N.Sch.4236 as shown for existing chassis, and to N.Sch.4288. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. For use with the above Stabilising Bumper the starting handle should be modified as follows :- (a) For chassis without Dropped Front X Member, Handle layout modified to N.Sch.4284 with starting handle crank to EB.2.111. (b) For chassis with Dropped Front X Member, Handle layout modified to N.Sch.4284 with starting handle crank to EB.2112. | ||