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).
Request to manufacture tapered packing pieces for testing the effect of tilting the rear axle on Bentley car 1.B.50.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\4\ scan0083 | |
| Date | 31th October 1938 | |
| 802 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}1/MR.31.10.38. BENTLEY CAR 1.B.50. We wish to try "tilting" the rear axle on the above car at different angles to note the effect on transmission periods. Will you therefore please make us 3 pairs of tapered packing pieces at 1°, 1½° and 2° for fitting between the rear axle spring seat and the spring. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||