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).
Chart tracking engine failures for 3 1/2 and 4 1/4 Litre Bentley models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0014 | |
| Date | 14th December 1938 guessed | |
| CHART OF ENGINE FAILURES 3 1/2 AND 4 1/4 LITRE BENTLEY TABLE HEADERS: 1938 OWNERS NAME WHERE FAILED (E - ENGLAND, A - ABROAD) JULY, AUG, SEPT., OCT, NOV, DEC NATURE OF FAILURE (CRANKCASE BROKEN DUE TO FAILURE OF ROD.) M - MILEAGE DATA: SECTION: 1ST OF JUNE TO DEC. 1937 (TOTAL: 3) E | AUTO. OFFICIAL B.38.GA. | No 2 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 21,000 E | CAPT. HARVEY B.74.HK.{Col. T. Harker - Sales} | No 2 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 16,239 E | CAPT. GROSVENOR B.85.GP | No 2 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 18,000 SECTION: JAN. TO DATE 1938 (TOTAL: 9) A | S. DE MEIR B 128 GA | No 5 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 26,955 E | W.C. DEVEREUX B149JY | No 5 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 9,724 E | MRS MCCRACKEN NEIL B18 CR.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} | No 2 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 51,624 E | BENTLEY MOTORS 1931 LTD B.2.LS | | A | MME RUEFF B.174EF. | No 5 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 26,138 A | MR CLOTEAUX B.101EJ | No 5 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 29,827 A | MR SHROBSALL B.81JY. | No 6 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 12,435 E | MR JAMES B.38JD{J. Draper - Frames} | No 5 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 14,077 A | MR FRITZE B.40LS | No 5 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 12,010 SECTION: 1938 TO DATE (continued) E | MR M.V FLEMMING B.2.KT. | No 4 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 12,605 E | S.W.B. HALWOOD B219FC. | No 5 CON.ROD BROKEN | M 33,533 FOOTER: G.W.H./A | ||