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).
Work to be carried out on Bentley Car 11-B-Y.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\1\ scan0090 | |
| Date | 11th April 1940 | |
| 4002 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} c. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}1/SW.11.4.40. Bentley Car 11-B-Y. We are sending the above car into the fitting shop for the following work to be done :- (1) Remove present exhaust system, and refit the original 4 box system. (2) Refit standard rear engine mounting. (3) Examine Servo lining which has become in-effective. (4) Remove present speedometer cable drive, and fit a special one which Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC{R. Childs} will provide. (5) Re-drill Dashboard so that the speedometer drive goes through the board opposite the instrument. Fit blank to present hole. ------------ Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||