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).
Letter to the editor of The Motor magazine comparing Bentley models and enquiring about suspension design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\5\ scan0090 | |
| Date | 23th December 1940 | |
| The Editor, The Motor, Bowling Green Lane, LONDON.E.C.1. 23.12.40. Dear Sir, I was very interested in the comparison between the 8-litre 'vintage' model and Hall's 3 1/2 litre Bentley, in your correspondence columns of December 18th. It is difficult to believe that an un-supercharged 3 1/2 litre car can possibly average 10 m.p.h. more over the T.T. Course than a supercharged 4 1/2 litre of the same make, and I am curious to know whether there is any technical explanation of the result. I have been running a 3 1/2 litre Bentley for the past 18 months, and whilst I have never previously owned a car which could put up such excellent average speeds, I have never regarded this model as being exceptionally fast, in fact, I have always understood that since the Company stopped racing at Le Mans, the policy had been to produce a car that was more comfortable than sporting. Incidentally, I was very interested in your article on independent front springing and should like to know what possible advantage there can be in having two wishbones of unequal length as opposed to two of equal length. Surely the elimination of tyre scrub must be desirable. Yours faithfully, | ||