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List of jobs to be carried out on a Bentley car, 2 B. 50.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 111\2\  scan0411
Date  15th February 1939
  
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To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}
Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /WYM. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 30/ER 15.2.39.

Bentley car - 2 B. 50.

We are sending the above car into the fitting shop to do the following jobs:-

1. Remove present gear box and fit box No. 5 B.V.

2. Rear axle very noisy at 27-30 m.p.h. forward and 47-50 m.p.h. both ways - Examine gears and re-lap or fit new ones.

3. Examine prop-shaft centre joint housing squeaking badly - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} and Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} want to see this.

4. Examine front of steering gear for cause of cross steering tube rubbing outside front tyre.

5. Fit up smaller front exhaust silencer - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /WYM {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} will supply this.


Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /WYM. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}
  
  
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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