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).
Instructions for work on two Bentley cars for Mr. E.R. Hall, including brake re-lining and investigating pinking and clutch issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\6\ Scan071 | |
| Date | 19th August 1936 | |
| 65 To Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} x262 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}26/KW.19.8.36. Will you please carry out the following work on Mr. E.R. Hall's 4¼ litre Bentley car, B-106-GA. Re-line the brakes with standard Bentley material. When you are changing the brake linings on this car will you please fit a set of anti-jagger brake parts which we are supplying. B-216-GA. Mr. Hall's complaint on this car is of pinking. We have asked Ratcliffe to go into this matter with your people, and see if the ignition governor characteristic wants correcting. It should not be necessary to decarbonise this car after 4,000 miles. The other complaint is a jagging clutch, we will supply the necessary material to improve this. Both cars are required in connection with the T.T. race not later than Wednesday of next week. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||