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 faults and required alterations discovered when mounting a second Bentley Body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\4\ img074 | |
| Date | 24th April 1933 | |
| ORIGINAL To Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey} c. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Lid.{A. J. Lidsey}1/KT.24.4.33. BENTLEY BODIES. x293 The following is a list of items which require alteration; all these faults came up when mounting the second Bentley Body. (1) The third and fourth body brackets on each side (counting from the rear) require raising on the chassis. It was necessary to use packings on these approximately 2" thick and very long bolts. (2) The third body bracket on each side (counting from the rear) is situated just to the rear of the central door pillar and is immediately underneath the rear door check stop. It was necessary to modify the check stops and also to cut away a considerable portion of the bracket packings to allow the check stops to operate. (3) The instrument patch depends for its correct fitting up on a dead true instrument board .750" thick; it is very seldom that the instrument boards are perfectly true and of the correct thickness, necessitating considerable carving away locally to fit the instrument patch. (4) On the speedometer, the small knob operating the trip odometer is immediately above and very close to the hand brake lever; it is quite a simple matter to knock the skin off ones thumb when operating the brake ratchet. (5) No beading has been provided for the bonnet; we made this up here and fitted it to match up with the body moulding. (6) We think the appearance of the car would be improved if it were possible for the side bonnet hinges to be raised so that the hinge line is concealed by the bonnet moulding. (7) The angle of the bonnet louvres is different from the scuttle angle - i.e. the louvres are not parallel with the rear edge of the bonnet sides. | ||