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Gearbox replacement on a Bentley Chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 153\3\  scan0171
Date  29th April 1942
  
Chassis
AH
1298
To: Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /CP.
c c to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Hym
Bentley Chassis 1-B-50.
Engine Unit B.60 - No.1.
Specification of the above Chassis is revised as follows :-
Work carried out at Clan 27.4.42.
Gearbox No. 4-B-V. {VIENNA}
Please note that Gearbox no. 10.B-V. {VIENNA}
has been removed from the above Chassis owing to failure of side shaft and 1st Speed, Gearbox placed in Garage store.
Gearbox No. 4-B-50 ex Chassis 1-R-1 - fitted.
Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /CP.
  
  
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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