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).
Customer requests for modifications to a Bentley B.171.AE for Captain Eric Burt, including a larger petrol tank and custom bodywork.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\2\ Scan326 | |
| Date | 11th January 1934 | |
| COPY x60v1 S/W. Hp/wsr Hn{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}17/I/11-1-34. BENTLEY B.171.AE - ERIC BURT. Please note that Captain Burt has definitely decided to have a 22-gallon petrol tank, and has agreed to pay the extra cost of same. Will you arrange for such a tank to be fitted. We attach our official order for it. He has now decided to have the chassis mounted with an Open body by a Coachbuilder of his own choice and he tells us it is expected the body will weigh only about 6 cwts. Please amend the springing instructions accordingly. We assume the chassis will automatically be fitted with a higher geared axle. Captain Burt has asked whether we can provide him with a smaller patch containing the speedometer and rev. counter dials and whether we could bring through the rev. counter dial with the Zero at the top instead of at the bottom. Please let us know what you can do. ATT: Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} | ||