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).
Reporting a two-day delay in a 15,000-mile Bentley test due to a damaged front axle during a skid.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0155 | |
| Date | 16th April 1936 | |
| To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} x 264 a Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/KW.16.4.36. 15,000 miles test on the Bentley. The Bentley has been held up for two days owing to the front axle having been damaged in a skid. A replacement has been obtained from Paris, and the mileage will be continued almost immediately. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||