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).
Photographs of a cracked aluminium damper casing for a Bentley III front shock after a test run.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0130 | |
| Date | 13th March 1939 guessed | |
| HH2 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LG. c. Dsv. c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Fmr/AWM. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LG.1/BA.1313.39. Bentley III Front Shock Dampers. We attach hereto for reference photographs of the cracked aluminium damper casing EX.S.487, this piece has completed 1 hour 45 mins. running on the bumper chassis. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LG. | ||