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).
Requesting the production of dynamo bearing brackets in Aluminium instead of Aluminium Bronze for the Bentley 60.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\3\ img117 | |
| Date | 6th October 1938 | |
| 6642 c. Fm/RC.{R. Childs} BY/RD.3/B.6.10.38. BENTLEY 60 - DYNAMO. D.CD.556 - Pulley Driven Dynamo. E.CD.643 - Dynamo Mounting. With reference to the dynamo for the above, built to our memo' BY/RD.1/B.13.7.38, we should like to try the Bearing Brackets which are now in Alum: Bronze, in Aluminium. Will you please use the same pattern and produce one pair of Aluminium Castings in accordance with the blueprints attached herewith :- DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2007.DC - Bearing Bracket - P.E. DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2008.DC - Bearing Bracket - C.E. We have deleted the tapped hole for the set screw for the belt tensioning gear, and the longer screw with the nut and lock washer will be used in its place. BY/RD. | ||