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).
Order for little end bushes and Metalastik couplings for a Bentley V trial.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\2\ scan0403 | |
| Date | 14th January 1939 | |
| 1020 To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} c. G/JWH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}3/MH.{M. Huckerby}14.1.39. Will you please order the following:- (1) 2 dozen little end bushes from Vandervells to their drawing B.2203. (2) 6 Metalastik couplings similar to the 3 samples we have previously tried. These are to SCD.940, the hardness of the rubber to be 40. The above are for trial on Bentley V.{VIENNA} Order No. 52444. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||