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).
Instruction to fit a rubber mounted centre prop shaft joint to a Bentley 11.B.V. and check the shaft for balance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\1\ scan0079 | |
| Date | 6th March 1940 | |
| 400e. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}1/SW.6.3.40. Bentley 11.B.V. Will you please fit up to the above car the scheme for rubber mounting the centre prop shaft joint. We would like you to check the shaft for balance before finally fitting. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||