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 the production of 6 shear pins to test the maximum load on the 'M' Series Bentley Steering System.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\5\ scan0256 | |
| Date | 14th April 1939 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} 250? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}2/MH.{M. Huckerby}14.4.39. BENTLEY II STEERING. Re. By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design}1/AW.13.4.39. The parts instructed in the above memo are urgently required as they are for the purpose of determining the maximum load in an 'M' Series Bentley Steering System that we must cater for. Will you please make 6 Shear pins ExS.1573 instead of 2, and when the parts are ready hand to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} before fitting to a car so that we can check the load at which they shear. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} | ||