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).
Mud ingress into the engine bay of a Bentley Trials Car, proposing a modification to the undershield.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\2\ scan0022 | |
| Date | 22th November 1933 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} LID{A. J. Lidsey} S/W. W or. c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} re- Bentley Trials Car No. B-7-AE. Whilst in Glasgow driver Burrage told me that after driving on a very wet muddy day the engine itself gets covered in mud, which appears to enter through the louvred undershield. He thought that anyhow in his particular car - although I suppose they are all the same - the louvres were too open and allowed the mud or muddy water to enter. Possibly you could make some suitable modification to the undershield on these chassis which would prevent the engine becoming very dirty in this way. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Cxl5/KW22.11.33. | ||