Revised specification for a Bentley Chassis 3.B.50 detailing work on the front suspension and axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\3\ scan0172 | |
| Date | 1st November 1943 | |
| To: FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} from Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} /HN {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} /CP. Chassis Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} /HN {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} /CP. 8/LH. {Mr Haworth} 1.11.43. Bentley Chassis 3.B.50. Engine Unit B.60 - No.4. Specification of the above chassis is revised as follows :- Work carried out at Clan 25.10.43. Front Suspension. LOP.FB.4095. FB.4453/4 Lower Triangle Levers (existing). Brinell O.S. 196 - N.S. 245 FB.4452 Torque Arms (existing). Brinell O.S. 229 - N.S. 231. Tested by HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} and refitted. Front Axle. LOP.FB.4110. The following new replacement parts fitted :- 2 - FB.3953 Pivot Pins. 2 - FB.3650 Torque Arm Rubbers. 2 - GW.1879 Outer Race. 34 - Needle Rollers. Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} /HN {F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders} /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).