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).
Scheme for the lengthened bonnet face plate and rest angle for the Bentley 38, chassis 11.B.5.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\1\ scan0032 | |
| Date | 14th March 1939 | |
| DY{F R Danby}/ms c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [REDACTED] FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 400E DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}8/G.14.3.39. BENTLEY 38 (CHASSIS 11.B.5.) BONNET. Please receive herewith the following scheme :- F.CD.1251 Bonnet Face Plate and Rest Angle. The above scheme shews the bonnet face plate and rest angle lengthened to suit the moved forward radiator. The bonnet side plate clips are as shewn on F.CD.1198. The only outstanding item on the 11.B.5. bonnet is the bonnet side fixings, a scheme of which we will send in the course of a few days. Please instruct F.CD.1251 experimentally for 11.B.5. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||