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).
Instructions for modifications to a car, including fitting machined pulleys and new bonnet side plates.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\1\ scan0087 | |
| Date | 29th March 1940 | |
| RH.{R. Hollingworth} c to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Col. c to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} File 4002 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards}4/GH.29.3.40. re 11.B.V. ----------- As soon as the above car comes to hand will you please arrange to carry out the following modifications. 1. Fit machined pulleys in place of the existing pressed steel pulleys. 2. Fit new bonnet side plates with the latest Bentley V type catches. Lateral and horizontal stiffening strips should also be provided and a sketch for this will be supplied in the course of a day or so. The side plates should be bolted on in a manner similar to 9.B.V. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Ed.{J. L. Edwards} | ||