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).
Instructing the removal of an engine from car 29.G.VI and fitting it to a Bentley 1.B.50 chassis.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\2\ scan0404 | |
Date | 22th November 1938 | |
γ 800 To HPC. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}9/JH.22.11.38. BENTLEY 1.B.50. We are sending 29.G.VI. car into the fitting shop for the removal of the engine (the gearbox is already out) so that same can be fitted to 1.B.50 chassis. This should be a straight change over of engines. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Cwdl. will send through instructions for what is to be done to the engine removed from 1.B.50. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||