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).
Requesting the construction of a crankshaft and crankcase for a modified Bentley stiff rear main bearing.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\2\ scan0133 | |
Date | 20th March 1935 | |
To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} +3807 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.26/KW.20.3.35. Bentley Stiff Rear Main Bearing. N.Sch.4419 has now been issued which covers modifications to the flywheel end of the stiffened rear main bearing, scheme LeC.4350. Will you please construct us a crankshaft and crankcase to this arrangement. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||