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).
Requesting parts from car B.56.BN be fitted to car B.23.AE, along with a standard Bentley fan.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\1\ scan0183 | |
| Date | 3rd May 1937 | |
| j.{Mr Johnson W.M.} 1328 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.9/AP.3.5.37 We are putting B.23.AE. into the Shop and would like you to fit up on this car the thermostat outlet and induction pipe assembly etc. which you fitted to B.56.BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} prior to our last Brooklands tests - we have been using this assembly on the test bed and will hand same to you. Will you also please fit a standard Bentley fan to this car. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||