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).
Requesting the teardown of a Bentley III Bumper Chassis front suspension for examination after a 50-hour test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\1\ scan0113 | |
| Date | 8th June 1938 | |
| 1024 To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/FS.{F. Steele} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK. c. to HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK.6/JH.8.6.38. BENTLEY III BUMPER CHASSIS. The above chassis has just completed 50 hrs. running on the bump. Will you therefore please pull down the front suspension levers, torque arms etc. for examination and also remove the rubber bushings, spherical rubbers and rebound buffers. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK. | ||