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).
List of work instructions for a Bentley III - Blue Coupe.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 3\6\ 06-page205 | |
| Date | 22th June 1934 | |
| X453 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}16/KW.22.6.34. BENTLEY III - BLUE COUPE. Will you please carry out the following work to this car :- (1) Improve timing gears and re-set camshaft slipper wheel, the centre plate of which is either broken or the poundage very low. (2) Fit a rubber bush in the clutch shaft bearing in the gearbox. (3) Complete the modification of the brake linkage which was not finished last time the car went out. (4) Fit the Donflex type central plate to the clutch with a solid back plate, and renew the clutch thrust race. (5) Remove the thermometer and speedometer. The speedometer is reading too fast and the clock is not working, the thermometer is apparently broken. Wst. should supply replacements. (6) Fit Dural cage rear axle pinion bearing. (7) Radiators. As previously instructed by Std. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||