Requesting the trial of a cast iron flywheel with a rubber base clutch on a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0242 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1936 | |
| To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X212 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Smth.21/KW.3.4.36. Bentley Flywheel. We wish to try a cast iron flywheel on Bentley so that we can use a rubber base clutch facing which apparently gives a very smooth take-up. Will you please detail Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 105 attached and make the necessary pieces. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Smth. | ||
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).