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).
Postponement of a 15,000-mile endurance test and the initiation of clutch tests on car 6.E.IV.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\2\ scan0106 | |
| Date | 4th October 1937 | |
| Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} F.G. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} MX.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} GWE. 600a (handwritten) Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/R.4.10.37. 6.E.IV. 15,000 Miles Test. This car was prepared for an endurance test. Owing to the uncertainty as to how many more Bentleys were going to be manufactured, however, the test has been held up. In the interim it was decided to introduce Thermoid clutch lining on production, and in order to safeguard the move we have been carrying out clutch tests on 6.E.IV in England. Em. | ||