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).
Delay of car 21-G-IV due to the failure of Hall's metal bearings on a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\4\ scan0134 | |
| Date | 21th November 1935 | |
| X500 a To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}24/KW.21.11.35. 21-G-IV. Replying to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}2/E.19.11.35. We have been holding up 21-G-IV because of the failure of Hall's metal bearings on the Bentley. If the test on improved bearings at present running on the bench is satisfactory, the car should leave in 10 days' time. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||