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 speedometer from a Bentley car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 165\2\ img184 | |
| Date | 9th December 1938 | |
| 6065- To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC{R. Childs}/CAP. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}11/JH.9.12.38. DAMAGED SPEEDOMETER OFF BENTLEY CAR. Speedometer No.W.639, belonging to Bentley car 9.B.V. has been returned to us damaged, the trip-setting stem having broken across the flexible spiral portion. Will you please arrange for the return of this instrument to the makers for repair. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||