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).
Changing the material for Bentley steering boxes from bronze to malleable iron.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\5\ scan0207 | |
| Date | 6th August 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X 250 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}14/JH. 6. 8. 36. Bentley Steering. By changing the material of the Ph.III steering boxes from bronze to malleable iron we save 1 lb. 13 ozs. in weight and 4/- in cost. We wish to try the same material on Bentley. Will you please prepare three sets of Bentley steering boxes in malleable iron. One set will be used for 10,000 mile test and one set for the bumper chassis. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||