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 an improved design for rear wheel drivers for both Bentley and Phantom III cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\2\ scan0106 | |
| Date | 21th August 1936 | |
| X1113 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Hdy.{William Hardy} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}5/KW.21.8.36. Rear Wheel Drivers. We asked Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} the other day to give us a design for doubling the length of the outer splines of the rear wheel drivers on Bentleys. G.W.H. now confirms in his Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}4/JAB.18.8.36. that this is becoming a more serious complaint. We are already in trouble with our own Ph.III cars, and hope therefore that you will let us have a design with improved drivers for both Bentley and Ph.III as soon as possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||