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).
Customer complaint about a badly machined Bentley cylinder block.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\1\ scan0223 | |
| Date | 4th December 1936 | |
| 219 RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/R.4.12.36. Bentley Cylinder Bore wear. Attached is a note we have received from Hancock relative to a cylinder block off a customer's car which he states has been badly machined. I expect you would like to see the block when it arrives, and, therefore, am arranging for it to be sent along to you. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||