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).
The temperature of the Bentley III front shock dampers to assess if the oil might boil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 30th August 1938 | |
| 442j To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} c. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}1/MH.{M. Huckerby}30.8.38. BENTLEY III FRONT SHOCK DAMPERS. It was feared that the small front shock dampers on this car might get so hot that the oil might boil. On 7.B.V. a thermocouple buried in the damper close to the H.P. oil passage heasured a temperature of 37°C on the Buxton Road. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||