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 to obtain a set of wheels, tyres, and a pendulum lever for Mr. Devereux's Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\4\ scan0244 | |
| Date | 27th January 1938 | |
| O.O. from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWn. c. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 261 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/R.27.1.38. 6½ x 17 Wheels & Tyres. Will you please obtain a set of 5 - 6½ x 17" wheels and tyres for Mr. Devereux's Bentley car and despatch to Kingsbury. We are asking Hancock to advise Devereux when the wheels and tyres have arrived so that he can send the car in and have them changed. When you despatch the wheels will you please arrange to send a short pendulum lever, to be fitted to the car the same time as the tyres. Will HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} please supply the necessary pendulum lever, Dwg.No.FB.2850, modified to EX.S.116. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||