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).
Failure of a front anti-roll rod on a Bentley V Bumper Chassis.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\1\ scan0194 | |
Date | 3rd April 1939 | |
1024 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Ds. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth}1/BA.3.4.39. Bentley V Bumper Chassis. Failure of Anti Roll Rod - front. We attach hereto a photograph of the Front Anti Roll Rod FB.3997, which failed after running 67 hours on the above chassis. Material S/SLM. Brinell 415. File HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} | ||