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Requesting data on Bentley 4¼ litre clutch complaints, specifically regarding propeller shaft dampers and recurrent issues.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 130\4\  scan0084
Date  30th October 1936
  
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To Hd. {Mr Hayward / Mr Huddy}

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Smth.9/JH.30.10.36.

Bentley Quarterly Complaints.

Confirming our telephone conversation with Hd {Mr Hayward / Mr Huddy} /Trn. yesterday, we should like to know in how many of the 23 cases of clutch complaint on the 4¼ litre you fitted a propellor shaft damper, and how many cases were tested more than once. We should like to know the dates of the recurrent complaints.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /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).


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