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).
Method for housing tool kits on the new Bentley S.B.J. body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 155\4\ scan0140 | |
| Date | 20th September 1938 | |
| 1320 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Park Wards - London. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}24/JH.20.9.38. re Tool kits. Attached are 2 photographs showing the method we have used to house the tools on the new Bentley body S.B.J., Body No.283. The ribbed platform of the boot door is now hinged, this was strengthened by alum strips and covered with felt, carriage type locks are used. Three sections were cut in the pressed steel lid{A. J. Lidsey}, and separate trays were made to house each group of tools, this was done to avoid wutting the two main supporting ribs. The tyre pump is unscrewed from the handle in position, and then threaded out through the rib, all the tools are bedded in felt. The wheel changing kit is housed under the bonnet. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||