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 a side spare wheel carrier to accommodate wire wheels with American type front wings for a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\3\ scan0230 | |
| Date | 12th November 1938 | |
| BY/NS.{Norman Scott} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} c. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 1013 DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}10/G.12.11.38. AFM{Anthony F. Martindale} RDA 10 BV BENTLEY 111. SIDE SPARE WHEEL CARRIER. Please receive herewith the following scheme :- F.CD.993 Side Spare Wheel Carrier for Wire Wheels. Owing to the decision to fit wire wheels on B.3 the above scheme shews the spare wheel carrier to take wire wheels with American type front wings. Please instruct experimentally. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||