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).
Point-by-point response regarding 4 1/4 and 3 1/2 litre Bentley models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\2\ scan0336 | |
| Date | 26th July 1937 | |
| SrI4/ET.26.7.37 Page 3 - para. 5. We quite agree with you on this point. 4 1/4 LITRE BENTLEY. Page 3 - para I (RmI/R.7.7.37). O.K. All our chassis are fitted with large oil pumps over here. Paras. 2, 3, 4 and 5. O.K. Para A.{Mr Adams} O.K., As above mentioned, all our cars are fitted with large oil pumps. Para B. We quite agree, but cannot see how one is to recuperate cost of this work from the customer. It is hardly his fault, don't you think, if his crank pins and journals have to be drilled for extra lubrication. Page 4 - para. C. O.K. Page 4 - para. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} This will most probably apply more often to our cars under Continental conditions, than to cars in England. To reduce the cost to the Company, we will always endeavour to work it in with an R.20, whenever possible. Page 4 - para. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Same applies here as to the 3 I/2 litre secondhand cars. We always make allowance, when trading in a car, for re-conditioning it in our trade in price. I should like to add that, undoubtedly, in the near future, we are going to have to attend to quite a few 4 1/4 Litre cars, under "D" of page 4 of RmI/R.7.7.37, and we should be pleased to receive, as soon as possible, more information concerning the latest standardised AC.2 alloy. By this I mean when it will be available, etc... Several of our 4 1/4 Litre Bentleys are getting very rough and, having already been stepped, we would have no other alternative than to replace the bearings. My own Demonstration Car B.8.GA is suffering from | ||