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).
List of Bentley chassis fitted with replacement cylinder blocks during November 1938.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\2\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 5th December 1938 | |
| To Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} c.to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} file W/Kingsbury. 5th: December 1938. The undernoted Bentley chassis have been fitted with replacement cylinder blocks during the month of November. 1938. Date | Chassis | Size | Block No: | Piece No: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1:11:38 | B.218 G.A. | .015" oversize | Y.7.B.K./H.154 | E.B.2929 7:11:38 | B. 5 F.C. | .020" oversize | Z.9.B.C./H.150 | E.B.1752 8:11:38 | B. 74 E.F. | .015" oversize | W.3.B.J./H.153 | E.B.1752 8:11:38 | B.186 F.B. | .015" oversize | P.2.B.P./H.147 | E.B.1752 11:11:38 | B. 79 F.C. | .010" oversize | D.9.B.B./H.144 | E.B.1752 11:11:38 | B.179 E.J. | .010" oversize | Y.5.B.H./H.160 | E.B.1752 15:11:38 | B. 74 D.G. | .025" oversize | S.4.B.J./H.130 | E.B.1752 15:11:38 | B. 61 C.W. | .015" oversize | E.3.B.C./H.157 | E.B.1752 17:11:38 | B.167 B.L. | .010" oversize | U.2.B.J./H.158 | E.B.1752 23:11:38 | B.139 C.W. | .010" oversize | R.4.B.O./H.159 | E.B.1752 24:11:38 | B.143 H.M. | .010" oversize | A.5.B.H./H.156 | E.B.2561 ø 24:11:38 | B.159 J.Y. | Standard | Y.3.B.I./ | E.B.2929 29:11:38 | B. 21 H.M. | .010" oversize | F.5.B.E./H.155 | E.B.2929 ø The block fitted to this chassis was the one removed from chassis B.143 H.M. approximate wear .006". Pistons E.B.2441 A.{Mr Adams} approximate wear .001" not tincoated. PK/KC/FED. | ||