Non-locking valve rod for the Bentley V chassis front shock damper.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0145 | |
| Date | 19th May 1939 | |
| HHS. c. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /S.M. c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Clm. {D. D. Clapham} 44 2 By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} 1/AW.19.5.39. BENTLEY V CHASSIS. FRONT SHOCK DAMPER - SECTION 7160. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Please receive herewith 2 blue prints of the following:- EXS.1648. Valve Rod. - - - - - - 4 off. Kindly instruct 1 set. The above is as verbally requested by Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Clm {D. D. Clapham} , to provide a non-locking valve rod as an alternative to the locking valve rod EXS.1457, for use with the front shock damper to SCD.1180. Also attached are 2 blue prints of the following:- LOP.EXS.1468. Front shock damper, sheets 1 and 4. which have been modified to include the above new valve rod. Ald {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} | ||
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).