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 additional clutch centre plates to fix a 'clutch jaggers' issue for two Bentley cars and to hold one as a spare.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\3\ scan0011 | |
| Date | 17th June 1936 | |
| Bentley Motors (1931) Ltd., DERBY. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X1745 Sr/VAI/Crn.17.6.36. [Handwritten] Lt Smith Have these been sent Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} chassis B. 8 GA - Paris Trials car. With reference to our memo. Sr/VA3/ET. 10.6.36, Sr says that he is so pleased with the results obtained, since we fitted the new centre plate to the clutch, that he would like you please to arrange to have two more centre plates sent to us - one for chassis B 60 GA our other Paris trials car, on which the clutch jaggers very badly, and the other for one of our customers who has recently taken delivery of a new 4 1/4 litre Bentley and complains very much about the clutch which jaggers very badly. We shall be pleased to receive the two centre plates as soon as possible. Sr/VA. P.S. We would also suggest that another centre plate be despatched to us to keep in stock as a spare. | ||