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 a design for new rear springs for a Bentley III (8.B.V.) chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\1\ scan0176 | |
| Date | 23th June 1938 | |
| 446. To Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/MS. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK.10/JH.23.6.38. BENTLEY III REAR SPRINGS (8.B.V.). Will you please ask Messrs. Thos. Firth to submit a design for two new rear springs for the above chassis. Basically these will be the same as FB.3851. The alteration in specification is as follows- Unloaded camber - 7.00" positive. Loaded (1000 lbs) - nil. Main plate thickness - .260". Width of plates - 2.00". We intend ordering a pair of these springs subject to approval by us of their proposed design. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FWK. | ||