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).
The distribution of blueprints for a modified front shock damper for a Bentley 111.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0093 | |
| Date | 22th August 1938 | |
| HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} 442 BY/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design}2/G.22.8.38. -------------- BENTLEY 111. FRONT SHOCK DAMPER. SECTION 7160. Please receive herewith two blueprints of each of the following :- S.CD.829 Modified Gland Fixing - Front Shock Damper. 1 off. Ex.S.946 End Cover 1 off. Ex.S.947 End Cover 1 off. Ex.S.948 Main Casing. 1 off. [Handwritten initials 'RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}' over the list of parts] This is a modification to existing Bentley 111 shock dampers, and provides for a new type of gland assembly to try to overcome the present trouble due to wear etc. Kindly instruct one set. Ald{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} BY/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} | ||