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).
Modifications and checks for a Bentley B.22.AW experimental car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\3\ scan0014 | |
| Date | 15th May 1940 | |
| Handwritten: File To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/PD. c.c. to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/PD.9/JMo.15.5.40. Handwritten: Bentley Lappin [struck through] B.22.AW. Will you please carry out the following work on the above car:- (1) Change the bump rubbers inside the coil springs for a harder type. These will be supplied by Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/PD. (2) Check the steering ball joints all round, steering reported to be stiffer than experimental car. (3) Gear lever reported sticking in the gate, and when crossing the gate, apparently only happens now and again. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/PD. | ||