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).
Broken Bentley front wing stay bolts, with a request for a new set and a complaint about their inaccessibility.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\2\ scan0234 | |
| Date | 13th February 1938 | |
| To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} [Handwritten top center]: 200a [Handwritten left margin]: FD{Frank Dodd - Bodies} (circled) Please arrange GRY{Shadwell Grylls} [Typed top right]: CHATEAUROUX 4/.13.2.38. [Typed main body]: 6.B.IV.- BENTLEY. Front Wing Stay Bolts. We are sending you under seperate cover three broken FB.2931 studs, for your examination. Will you please send a complete new set of 8 studs. We regard the inaccessibility of the nuts on the inner end, which secure the headlamp crossmember, as a very bad feature both for routine examination and for fitting new studs if required. This means partly removing the mudguard, also the headlamp pillar which is almost always extremely tight on its taper. The chance of these nuts ever getting checked or tightened in service is nil. -------------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} [Handwritten bottom]: 8 bolts despatched 16-2-38 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD{Frank Dodd - Bodies} [Handwritten bottom right]: File | ||