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).
The production and trial of specific gear parts for a Bentley V Chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\4\ scan0191 | |
| Date | 18th February 1939 | |
| To. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/Wld. c. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/SS.{S. Smith} c. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} for HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} BY/CRL.{C. R. Lisson}2/E.18.2.39. BENTLEY V.{VIENNA} CHASSIS. 1st. & 3rd. MOTION SHAFTS. SECTION 6040. 2nd. MOTION SHAFT. SECTION 6050. REVERSE SHAFT. SECTION 6070. Please receive herewith one blue print of each of the following :- Sec.6050. GB.4781. 2nd. Motion Shaft & Gears. 1 off per set. Sec.6040. GB.4782. 1st. Speed Driven Gear. 1 " " " Sec.6070. GB.4783. Reverse Driving Gear. 1 " " " The above pieces have been produced at BY's request to enable a set of Reverse and 1st. Speed Gears to be tried with a correction of .037. Kindly instruct. BY/CRL.{C. R. Lisson} Overdrive Ratio, Small Levers. | ||