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).
Road testing a 6-cylinder Bentley under high-speed conditions to investigate wobbles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 21\2\ Scan047 | |
| Date | 14th June 1928 | |
| X3805 To PN.{Mr Northey} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to CWB. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LG14.6.28. 6-CYL: BENTLEY. X3805 X457 With reference to PNL/WT13.6.28. We should very much like to try with you the 6-cyl. Bentley under high speed conditions on a bad road. We have previously tried this car at normal speeds when we were favourably impressed, but we know that these cars have suffered from high speed wobbles. The best roads we know of for high speed are round Cambridge. The Cambridge/Norwich road, after Newmarket, is particularly fast. We do not know what the surface is like now. We could meet you at Cambridge with an experimental car having our latest steering on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||