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).
Urgent request to fabricate a brake rope for a Bentley 1 .B.1V for testing purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\1\ scan0256 | |
| Date | 17th November 1936 | |
| 206 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}6/AP.17.11.36. BENTLEY 1 .B.1V. Will you please make one brake rope 29.25" long, centre to centre of jaw holes, with a Bentley front jaw GB.502 on one end and a Bentley rear jaw G.76222 on the other. This is required urgently for test purposes. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||