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).
Assembly and ordering of camshafts for Bentley B.80 units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161a\3\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 31th March 1939 | |
| Bentley SO.No.2. -4- (A) HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}3/BA.31.3.39. In shop being assembled in accordance with specifications issued in HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}6/BA.23.3.39 and HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel}3/BA.20.3.39. AG. promised completion of the Camshaft EB.4512 by Monday next 3.4.39. A similar shaft is also required for B.80 No.4 Unit, it was stated by AG. that this shaft would be completed in 10 days after completing the first one. WSC.{W. S. Cassel} was instructed to order a further 4 shafts, these are instructed under code BK.{A. Birkett - Commercial Manager}5. | ||