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 material and fitting instructions for a water excluding ring for the Bentley V Servo.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0209 | |
| Date | 4th July 1939 | |
| Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}! To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c.c. to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}9/JH.4.7.39. BENTLEY V SERVO. The water excluding ring which is fitted to the gearbox for which VG.100 material is called for is to be made of one disc of Ferobestos with the VG.100 surface vulcanized on to it. This is to give greater mechanical strength and is to be clearly marked which side is which. Will you please make it clear on the drawings that the VG.100 surface is to be fitted facing outwards to act as the rubbing surface. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||