Radiator test results for a streamlined Bentley car B23AE at Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 155\1\ scan0133 | |
| Date | 18th May 1934 | |
| X788 COPY FOR FILES. 18.5.34. BROOKLANDS TESTS - B23AE - 15.5.34. In the course of radiator tests on the streamlineExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.Ed Bentley car B23AE at Brooklands we obtained the following speeds - ½ mile :- 18.8 secs = 95.74 m.p.h. 1 mile :- 38.0 secs = 94.74 m.p.h. 1 lap :- 103.7 secs = 96.15 m.p.h. This car was not fitted with a cutout, and there was a strong wind against us on the half mile - otherwise weather conditions were excellent. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std. | ||
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).