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).
Complaint regarding Bentley floor boards where rivets are pulling through the aluminium sheet.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\2\ scan0337 | |
| Date | 5th December 1936 | |
| 1113 By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} c. to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}4/R.5.12.36. BENTLEY COMPLAINT FLOOR BOARDS. The sheet metal front floor boards are giving trouble, owing to the rivets holding the steel flange to the aluminium sheet pulling through. The rivet heads are on the steel flange side, the riveting over being on the aluminium side. The flange of the head should be on the aluminium for strength. Enclosed sketch showing the job. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Chassis B.55.FC. Owner - Mr. Young. Mileage - 19,283. | ||