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Confirming modifications to a Bentley clutch to gain experience for use on experimental cars.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 85\2\  scan0280
Date  19th October 1936
  
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To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /F.Ll.Smith.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 31/KW.19.10.36.

This is to confirm that you will arrange a Bentley clutch with increased cushioning and increased pedal travel to take care of the extra plate movement necessary. Incidentally Bentley I is running about with a very bad clutch. This car should be fitted up with something up to date which gives a good take-up.

We need all the clutch experience we can get on our Experimental cars.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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).


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