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Test drive report on the first production Bentley B.65, noting an issue with wing rigidity.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 3\6\  06-page118
Date  25th January 1934
  
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Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}
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Bn {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} 2/WT25.1.34.

The first production Bentley - B.65- which I drove on Tuesday was a very good car, and taking all points into consideration seemed better than any of the first fifteen.

The only bad point was the absence of rigidity at the attachment of the wings, causing them to dither ratherbadly over rough roads.

Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}
  
  
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).


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