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).
Confirming the need for a light type flywheel for a Bentley (9.B.V.) fitted with a B.60 Cast Iron engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\2\ scan0056 | |
| Date | 8th March 1940 | |
| Handwritten: C.T.S. (crossed out) Handwritten: 1044 Handwritten: file (B60 engine) To HH. from Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} re Flywheel for 9.B.V. We confirm our conversation of yesterday re the new flywheel for 9.B.V. This car is being fitted with a B.60 Cast Iron engine and has to have a Lucas Starter Motor. The car, being a Bentley needs a light type flywheel. Will you please instruct therefore the light type flywheel for Lucas Starter Motor as designed on PL.109 and subsequently modified in our Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}10/JH.6.3.40. This matter is urgent as the rebuilding of the engine is in hand. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||