List of jobs to be carried out on a Bentley car, 2 B. 50.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\2\ scan0411 | |
| Date | 15th February 1939 | |
| 800 To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /WYM. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 30/ER 15.2.39. Bentley car - 2 B. 50. We are sending the above car into the fitting shop to do the following jobs:- 1. Remove present gear box and fit box No. 5 B.V. 2. Rear axle very noisy at 27-30 m.p.h. forward and 47-50 m.p.h. both ways - Examine gears and re-lap or fit new ones. 3. Examine prop-shaft centre joint housing squeaking badly - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} and Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} want to see this. 4. Examine front of steering gear for cause of cross steering tube rubbing outside front tyre. 5. Fit up smaller front exhaust silencer - Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /WYM {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} will supply this. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /WYM. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||
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).