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).
Confirming a request to adapt an existing pair of 12/41 Bentley gears for a new semi-floating axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 97\3\ scan0077 | |
| Date | 23th March 1939 | |
| H.G.C. To By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}7/MH.{M. Huckerby}23.3.39. This is to confirm our having asked you to show how an existing pair of 12/41 Bentley gears can be adapted to the new semi-floating axle so that 14.B.V. can run with this ratio in France. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} has informed us that the necessary cutting equipment for 12/41 ratio will not be in the Works for at least another six weeks. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} SCD 1225 | ||