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 a complete specification for the flywheel and clutch for a Bentley Chassis 3.B.50 being fitted with a B.60 No.4 Cast Iron Engine Unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\3\ scan0074 | |
| Date | 4th April 1939 | |
| 800b To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} By/NS.{Norman Scott} By/DRL. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}5/BA.4.4.39. Bentley Chassis 3.B.50. As you are no doubt aware we are fitting to the above chassis B.60.No.4 Cast Iron Engine Unit, we shall be glad if you will let us have a complete specification for the flywheel and clutch to suit this engine, incorporating FCD.1170 Clutch Actuation. Will you please let us have this information as soon as possible as the car is for 15,000 miles trials and is due out very shortly. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} | ||