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 for a replacement steering lever for a Bentley car following a crash.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\1\ scan0289 | |
Date | 4th January 1936 | |
HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} 206 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM{Anthony F. Martindale}3/R.4.1.36. Steering Levers for Bentley Aluminium Brake Drums. Flt-Lt. Staniland has crashed his car, and bent steering arm OB.2059. Will you please send one of these levers across to the Repair Stores to replace the odd one they have ussd up. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||