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).
Inquiry regarding the fitting of diagonal stays on a Bentley III chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\5\ scan0297 | |
| Date | 5th July 1938 | |
| 400a To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c.c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}1/JH.5.7.38. 7.B.V. ) Bentley III. Diagonal Stays SCD.699. Will you please investigate the immediate possibility of fitting the existing diagonal stays to pass above, instead of below the cross steering tubes. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||