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).
Weight-saving design for a wheel nut spanner for R.W. Wheels on a Bentley car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 155\4\ scan0078 | |
| Date | 14th July 1933 | |
| 132b To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner} c Roy. {Sir Henry Royce} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner} 9/HP.14.7.33. R.W. Wheels for Bentley Car. We send you herewith: LeC.3572 showing the spanner for the wheel nuts. The model we saw this morning from R.W. was much too heavy. In our proposed design there is a saving of 1 lb in weight. E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner} | ||