Translated letter from Franco-britannic Autos Ltd. to Maison Aubert & Duval regarding the re-nitriding of a Bentley crankshaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\3\ scan0280 | |
| Date | 23th December 1936 | |
| TRANSLATION ET.30.12.36 Sr/VA4/MLG Franco-britannic Autos Ltd., 25, Rue Gide, LEVALLOIS-PERRET. Paris, 23rd December 1936. Maison AUBERT & DUVAL, 6, Rue Henri Vuillemin, GENEVILLIERS. Dear Sirs, Re: BENTLEY CHASSIS N° B.6.BN {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} With reference to our letter of the 4th instant, reference VA2/GM and the crankshaft which we sent to your Works as per our OS.268I of the 9th instant, for re-nitriding, we shall be pleased to hear from you as to whether you consider the re-nitriding operation which you carried out as being a satisfactory job in every way. We have no means ourselves of ascertaining at our Rue Gide Workshops, the degree of hardness etc.. obtained after re-nitriding. Believe us etc.... | ||
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).