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).
Request for the maximum oil temperature of a car's back axle (B-56-BN) to investigate high temperatures on Hall's racer.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0195 | |
| Date | 5th May 1936 | |
| x264a G.W. Hancock, Esq., Hotel de France, Chateauroux, Indre, France. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}27/KW.5.5.36. B-56-BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} If you have the necessary tackle at Chateauroux will you send us a figure for the maximum oil temperature attained by the back axle of this car. We want this figure in connection with the under-tray which is being fitted on Hall's racer, and which during tests on Montlhery has caused very high oil temperatures. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||