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).
Enquiry into the number of Bentley front bumper-bar spring plate breakages reported by the Paris Depot.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\2\ scan0247 | |
| Date | 21th February 1938 | |
| 200a ? To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} CHATEAUROUX 5/.21.2.38. BENTLEY FRONT BUMPER-BARS. As requested in Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.6/MH.{M. Huckerby}4.2.38, we made enquiries of the Paris Depot as to how many bumper-bar spring plate breakages they have experienced. Without going into all records for exact figures, they estimated about six altogether since the inception of this type of bumper on Bentleys. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Ivan M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Waller. | ||