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Confirming a modification to the flywheel fixing on an experimental Bentley engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 85\2\  scan0032
Date  24th August 1933
  
To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
c. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} By

X212.
E.4/HP.24.8.33.

Bentley Flywheel Fixing.

This is to confirm that you will arrange to fit a new crankshaft on the experimental Bentley engine with lead bronze bearings having 50% more bolts for securing the flywheel fixing, since we anticipate this modification will be necessary on production.

E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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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