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 two special, unhardened ball pins for a Bentley III steering road test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\2\ scan0054 | |
| Date | 24th May 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} 450 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}9/MH.{M. Huckerby}24.5.38. BENTLEY III STEERING. Will you please make 2 special ball pins to Ex.S.765. These need not be hardened as they are required only for brief road test. We have handed the marked up blue print to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||