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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).
Revised specification for a Bentley Chassis 3.B.50 detailing work on the front suspension and axle.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 111\3\  scan0172
Date  1st November 1943
  
To: FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} from Wym{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}/HN{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}/CP.
Chassis

Wym{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}/HN{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}/CP. 8/LH.{Mr Haworth} 1.11.43.

Bentley Chassis 3.B.50.
Engine Unit B.60 - No.4.

Specification of the above chassis is revised as follows :-

Work carried out at Clan 25.10.43.

Front Suspension. LOP.FB.4095.

FB.4453/4 Lower Triangle Levers (existing).
Brinell O.S. 196 - N.S. 245
FB.4452 Torque Arms (existing).
Brinell O.S. 229 - N.S. 231.
Tested by HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} and refitted.

Front Axle. LOP.FB.4110.

The following new replacement parts fitted :-

2 - FB.3953 Pivot Pins.
2 - FB.3650 Torque Arm Rubbers.
2 - GW.1879 Outer Race.
34 - Needle Rollers.

Wym{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}/HN{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}/CP.
  
  


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