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).
Technical bulletin regarding a revised battery mounting for the Bentley III and Bentley 50 models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\3\ img248 | |
| Date | 1st November 1938 | |
| 6621 To HBE c. BF. c. Fm/RC. {R. Childs} c. RMC/Wd. {Mr Wood / Mr Whitehead} (O.P. Dept.) c. THC/SS. {S. Smith} BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD. 3/B.S.11.38. BENTLEY III AND BENTLEY 50. F.CD.970 & PD. 277 - Revised Battery Mounting. Sec.7290. Under the new scheme, no battery box will be required, and we hand you herewith blueprints of LOP. DB. {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 2062 which records upon it the identification of the Battery required - DB. {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 2063. The only difference between this and its predecessor is the securing bolts which now screw into the anchorage which is part of the frame, so that we do not have to fit nuts and lock washers. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD. | ||