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).
Oil leak on the Bentley III rear brakes and a request to alter the detail drawing to fix it.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\3\ scan0059 | |
| Date | 27th October 1938 | |
| 406 To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} c. Hay. c. By/NS.{Norman Scott} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}7/MH.{M. Huckerby}27.10.38. BENTLEY III REAR BRAKES. Oil has leaked past the carrier plate on to the brakes on the French car. These plates were treated with "Heldite" but were not machined. Will you please have the detail drawing altered to show a machined ring round the centre hole, and increase the thickness of the pressing by the depth of the machining. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||