Blueprint alteration for Bentley III Front Hub brake drums and a query on scrapping 5 existing sets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 137\5\ scan0181 | |
| Date | 26th November 1937 | |
| To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 2000 HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 1/BA.26.11.37. O {Mr Oldham} /54148 1159 File Bentley III Front Hubs. We attach hereto blue print of FB.2828. Front Brake Drums, incorporating alteration No.17177/F. We wish to point out that we have 5 sets of these drums completely machined prior to this alteration. Do you agree that we should scrap same and produce new ones in accordance with this alteration ? MARTINDALE Must we scrap these drums. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} | ||
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).