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 to manufacture a new lever for a Bentley clutch to reduce separation by 11% and lighten the pedal load.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0260 | |
| Date | 14th November 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X212 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.14.11.6.36. Bentley Clutch. We think we ought to be able to use a smaller separation, and hence have a lighter pedal load on the Bentley clutch. Will you please make us a lever to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}149, which will reduce the separation 11%. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||