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).
Request to manufacture two dual Bentley jack pads from different materials to save weight.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 139\1\ scan0008 | |
| Date | 8th January 1936 | |
| X1166 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring}C/JH. 8.1.36. Bentley Jack Pads. EX.2C914. Will you please have made 2 more dual jack pads and fitted to 6.B.IV. We should like one pad made in Alum Bronze and the other in some suitable Alum alloy. The latter if strong enough will save considerable weight. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwg.{J. C. Bowring} | ||