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 to prepare a Bentley V Bumper Chassis for a brake torque rig demonstration.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\1\ scan0165 | |
| Date | 12th January 1939 | |
| 1024 To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSG. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK. c. to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/PS. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK.9/JH.12.1.39. BENTLEY V BUMPER CHASSIS. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} has requested that we should demonstrate the brake torque rig on Monday morning. The above chassis is the only chassis that can be used with this rig. Will you therefore please have the front wheels bolted to the brake carrier plates to prevent them rotating. You have done this before and you have the necessary bits and pieces. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK. | ||