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).
Letter discussing a telegram and the decision to charge the owner of chassis B.135.BL for bearing repairs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\5\ scan0076 | |
| Date | 1st December 1938 | |
| 1245 To Bentley Motors Ltd. Derby Copy to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} " " Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} Levallois, Sr/VA.7/HB.{C. E. Harcombe}I.12.38 re: Chassis B.135.BL - Mr BOEGNER We are to-day in receipt of your telegramm reading: "CHASSIS B.135.BL PREFER MAINTAIN WHITE METAL "MAINS STOP CONSIDER 80000 KILOS REASONABLE "MILEAGE FOR FITTING NEW BEARINGS AND CHARGE: "BY AND RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} ROYCAR." We wish to make it quite clear that we had already decided to charge the owner for all bearing repairs especially as the total mileage of the car is nearly 80.000 Km. The reason why we wrote to you was to ask you whether in this particular case Hall's metal main bearings would not stand up better than ones in white metal because as previously stated, we feel sure that this owner must be a very hard driver. It will be remembered that white metal big-ends bearings did not stand up on this car since it has been in the hands of its present owner. Sr/VA. | ||