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).
Testing requirements for the Bentley III frame, specifically requesting alternative front gussets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\2\ scan0055 | |
| Date | 22th September 1937 | |
| X 427 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} 200B Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.8/MR.22.9.37. BENTLEY III. FRAME. We should like the bumper chassis to be the welded frame which has been used for deflection test. For the next chassis for testing purposes we require 2 pairs of alternative front gussets having :- (a) as many holes as possible. (b) similar holes only lipped. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} | ||