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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).
Blueprints for Bentley 111 front shock damper pistons and associated gudgeon pins.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 100\1\  scan0114
Date  28th March 1938
  
HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}
C. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
C. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie}
446 . BY/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design}1/G.28.3.38.

BENTLEY 111.
FRONT SHOCK DAMPERS - SECTION 7150.

Please receive herewith two blueprints of each of the following :-

S.CD.507 Piston for Front Shock Dampers with Floating Gudgeon Pins.
Ex.S.626 Piston 4 off.
Ex.S.627 Gudgeon Pin 4 off.
Ex.S.628 Insert for Gudgeon Pin 8 off.

The above scheme is in accordance with memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.2/AP.16.3.38. and shows alterations necessary to try floating instead of pressed in gudgeon pins.

Kindly instruct one set.

aed
BY/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design}
  
  


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