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).
Clutch tests for a B.56.BN Bentley at the Montlhéry Track and clarifying the propeller shaft is a standard part.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\4\ scan0085 | |
| Date | 1st December 1935 | |
| x Vol a HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX. Indre. France. GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}/2/JAB. 1st December 1935. To. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From. G.W.H. B. 56. BN.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} BENTLEY. I have received your memo Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/KW/29.II.35. I had already arranged to take the Bentley to Paris to-morrow morning Monday for the Clutch tests, having got clear of the formalities over here. I propose calling at the Montlhéry Track to try out, the get away tests that the previous car failed on. I shall therefore still carry out my programme and then return to Derby which will probably be next Wednesday. Sorry to say that the propeller shaft on B.56.BN{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}, is a standard R.R. and not a Hardy Spicer. ---------- G.H.Hancock G.W.H. | ||