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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).
Letter advising on the running-in procedure for a Bentley after fitting new pistons.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 89\5\  scan0102
Date  15th April 1940
  
Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}19/ML.

15.4.40.

W.Martin-Hurst,Esq.,
Teddington Works,
Windmill Road,
Sunbury on Thames.

Dear Mr. Martin-Hurst,

With reference to your query in your letter of 10th. April.

Though it is not necessary to run a Bentley in it is as well not to overdrive it for the first few hundred miles after fitting new pistons.

Yours sincerely,
  
  


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