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).
Difficulty in supplying spare Bentley clutch centre plates due to production urgency.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\3\ scan0016 | |
| Date | 23th June 1936 | |
| W/P - Sr. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.15/KW.23.6.36. Re Sr./VA.1/Crn.17.6.36. We are having great difficulty in getting hold of good spare centre plates for the Bentley clutch owing to the urgency of production requirements. We are however to-day sending you two plates, and hope to be able to get another off in a day or two. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||