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 front wheel nuts to demonstrate the effects of increased front axle inertia on a Bentley chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\3\ scan0267 | |
| Date | 7th February 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} + 201 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}7/KW. 7.2.35. We wish to be able to show the effect on a Bentley chassis of increasing the front axle inertia such as by permanently fitted Jacks or heavier brake drums. Will you therefore please put in hand a pair of front wheel nuts to the attached Ms.1759/60 for this purpose. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||