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 a new rear axle for a Bentley to test various stiffnesses.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0130 | |
| Date | 3rd December 1936 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. J 202 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth.5/AP.3.12.36. BENTLEY REAR AXLE We want to repeat the stiff axle experiment which we are doing on Ph.III. on the Bentley. Will you please make us an axle for this car on similar lines to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}226. We want it to fill the axle tubes to start with and we shall then turn it down in stages so as to try the effect of various stiffnesses. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. | ||