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).
Fracture on a Bentley Chassis front brake drum after a 7,000-mile road test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\2\ scan0344 | |
| Date | 19th May 1938 | |
| 200a. To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LK.{L. King} c. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. De. c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LK.{L. King}2/VS.{J. Vickers}19.5.38. BENTLEY CHASSIS 6.B.IV Front Hub. For your reference we attach hereto photograph showing fracture which has developed on the off side front brake drum GB.2723 after completing 7,000 miles' road test on the above chassis. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/L. King. | ||