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).
Request for the production of new adjusting washers for the front shock damper on a Bentley V Chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0154 | |
| Date | 5th July 1939 | |
| H H2. HPC. c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm.{D. D. Clapham} By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design}2/AW.5.7.39. BENTLEY V CHASSIS. FRONT SHOCK DAMPER - SECTION 7160. Please receive herewith 2 blue prints of the following:- EXS.1784. Adjusting Washer for Valve Spring-.005) 2 off to EXS.1785. Adjusting Washer for Valve Spring-.010) suit. Kindly produce 12 off each. The above is as verbally requested by Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Clm{D. D. Clapham}, to provide a finer valve spring adjustment to that which the existing washers EXS.1463-7 give. By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} | ||