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).
Proposed frame for the Bentley III suitable for torsion bar suspension, and a modification to the Wraith III frame.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\2\ scan0015 | |
| Date | 16th April 1937 | |
| 200b To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Copy to Ba. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} [crossed out] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/PLS. [crossed out] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} [crossed out] E/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}5/MN.16.4.37. 427 Bentley III Frame. ---------------- We have already sent to you LeC.5456 showing the proposed frame for Bentley III. This frame was made suitable for torsion bar suspension. On LeC.5629 herewith we show a modification to the front end of the frame to enable the Wraith III front suspension to be fitted almost without modification. We are sending this to you so that you are able to modify your frame detail drawings to bring them up to date, with a view to quotations from various sources being obtained for the supply of these frames. We suggest that you should go ahead with the frame as originally designed in .080" material for the present, and apply to this frame subsequently any developments which have been found necessary on the Wraith to overcome the problem of noise. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||