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).
Fractured near-side rear axle shaft from a Bentley Chassis 56.BN, noting the part is obsolete.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\5\ scan0181 | |
| Date | 29th September 1938 | |
| To RY. from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LK.{L. King} a.{Mr Adams} De. c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} e.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} 264- HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LK.{L. King}2/VS.{J. Vickers}29.9.38. BENTLEY CHASSIS 56.BN{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} - REAR AXLE. In accordance with Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}19/m.20.9.38. the rear axle from the above car has been dismantled for inspection, and the near side axle shaft GB.1379 was found to have fractured - see photograph attached. It should, however, be noted that this type of axle shaft is obsolete and has been replaced by the latest strengthened type of shaft of the same piece number. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/L. King. | ||