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).
Delicate clutch on chassis B-189-AE for customer A.H.R. Fedden, proposing fitting a new clutch type.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 89\2\ scan0136 | |
| Date | 18th November 1935 | |
| X261a W/S - C. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}26/KW.18.11.35. Chassis No: B-189-AE. A.H.R. Fedden Esq. C.1/C.15.11.35. Here is a copy of a letter I have sent to Fedden. I do not think we can accuse him of misuse of the clutch. We have to admit that the original Bentley clutch is rather delicate as indicated by a number of complaints on the Quarterly Complaint List. We are going over the job with Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} to see whether it would not be more economical to fit one of the latest type clutches to some of these confirmed clutch destroying customers' cars, rather than repeatedly renew the present standard parts. In Fedden's case I am sure that if we tell him to watch the clutch adjustment, and induce him to fit the lower axle ratio, he will have no further trouble. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||