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).
Instruction memo for ordering alternative 10/41 rear axle gears for the Bentley 5 'Corniche' EX 'A' Series.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\5\ scan0071 | |
| Date | 11th August 1939 | |
| 400c. To: By/GRL Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH{R. Hollingworth} RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/GMcC BY/NS.{Norman Scott}7/MG.11.8.39 BENTLEY 5. 6 'CORNICHE' EX. "A" SERIES REAR AXLE. In accordance with Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/R7.8.39, will you please instruct 6 sets of 10/41 gears: GB.4901 - Pinion GB.4902 - Wheel for use as alternative to 11/41 gears already instructed, if it is decided to change the Tyre size. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} states for the time being he does not wish to alter the specification of the gears being built, and that they should have the 11/41 gears as instructed. BY/NS{Norman Scott}/ | ||