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).
Violent squeal from the clutch on Bentley car 7-B.V.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\5\ scan0308 | |
| Date | 5th August 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 400a. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}9/JH.5.8.38. BENTLEY CAR 7.B.V. We are sending the above car into the fitting shop for attention to the clutch. A violent squeal has developed and appears to be in the clutch itself and not the trunnion. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} | ||