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Non-standard Hardy Spicer propeller shaft coupling nuts on Wraith III and Bentley models.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 148\4\  scan0068
Date  2nd September 1937
  
To By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /RH. {R. Hollingworth}
c. to Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c. to HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}
GRY {Shadwell Grylls}
262
HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /RH. {R. Hollingworth} 2/CB.2.9.37.
HARDY SPICER PROP. SHAFTS.
Wraith III - GW.1673.
Bentley - GB.2683.
The eight .375 dia. nuts for coupling flange bolts as supplied by Hardy Spicer, have a .312 Whitworth hexagon, i.e. .562 across flats.
There is no standard R.R. spanner to fit this size, and we suggest the hexagon be altered to suit a standard R.R. Spanner.
HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /RH. {R. Hollingworth}
  
  
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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