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).
Fitting a new axle and changing steering parts on a Streamlined Sports Saloon for speed testing at Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\1\ Scan016 | |
| Date | 1st November 1933 | |
| 8261 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/KT.1.11.33. STREAMLINED BENTLEY. The Streamlined Sports Saloon will be in Derby this afternoon. We want to get the 11/41 ratio axle fitted instructed in our Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/KT.7.9.33., and the side steering tube parts changed, and get the car down to the track before the end of the week because Brooklands closes then, and we shall not be able to get a figure for the car's speed after that date. Will you please let us know whether this will be possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||