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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).
Instructions for the removal and examination of the engine from Bentley 1.B.50 to find the cause of a rattle.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 111\2\  scan0407
Date  4th January 1939
  
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To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RB.{R. Bowen}5/JH.4.1.39.
Bentley 1.B.50.
We are sending 1.B.50 car into the fitting shop for the removal of the engine.
This should be sent to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/F.{Mr Friese} Normal for examination of flexible flywheel, crankshaft etc. to find cause of bad rattle in engine.
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/R.Bowen.
  
  


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