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).
Requesting data on Bentley 4¼ litre clutch complaints, specifically regarding propeller shaft dampers and recurrent issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\4\ scan0084 | |
| Date | 30th October 1936 | |
| o 1112 To Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth.9/JH.30.10.36. Bentley Quarterly Complaints. Confirming our telephone conversation with Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/Trn. yesterday, we should like to know in how many of the 23 cases of clutch complaint on the 4¼ litre you fitted a propellor shaft damper, and how many cases were tested more than once. We should like to know the dates of the recurrent complaints. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. | ||