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).
Request to produce engine side guards without louvres for a Bentley due to a customer complaint about snow ingress.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0056 | |
| Date | 13th November 1934 | |
| x4533a (3) To NHC. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/KW.13.11.34. Engine Side Guards. On the Bentley we have a considerable margin with our cooling system. Furthermore, we have a louvred bonnet. Therefore we do not require ventilated engine side guards. We have a complaint from a customer that in going through snow, slush entered through the engine guards and piled up to the base of the cylinders. Will you please make us a set of engine side guards for 5-B-IV with the louvres deleted. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||