Layout for the front end of the chassis, detailing the starting handle, blower position, and axle forging modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\5\ scan0001 | |
| Date | 27th August 1932 | |
| BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} FROM DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} X24T C. to SG. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BENSPORT(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley). DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 3/M27.8.32. Herewith is N.sch. 3529. This shews a layout of the front end of the chassis giving the front end of the starting handle (which is otherwise intended to be like Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine)) the position of the blower in reference to the axle, and the modifications required to the centre of the axle forging. The rear end of the starting handle is not completed, and will be done in connection with the radiator. DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||
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).