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).
Damaged front shock dampers from a Bentley III Bumper Chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\1\ scan0123 | |
| Date | 18th August 1938 | |
| To D.P. from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LK.{L. King} C. Dev C. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} C. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AEL 1024. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LK.{L. King}4/VS.{J. Vickers}18.8.38. BENTLEY III BUMPER CHASSIS Front shock dampers - we attach hereto photograph showing the damaged shock damper parts removed from the above chassis. This failure has evidently been caused by the collapse of the rebound buffer, which then allowed the piston to come into contact with the bottom of the piston bore in the shock damper casing. It is understood that Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} is looking into this, and is producing a scheme for a stop, which will limit the travel of the piston when the chassis is in the rebound position. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/L. King. | ||