Request to modify an existing Bentley Single Cylinder Head to conform to Wraith lll specifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 134\1\ scan0159 | |
| Date | 27th April 1939 | |
| 1129. HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Ed. {J. L. Edwards} By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} 4/AW.27.4.39. BENTLEY SINGLE CYLINDER. CONVENTIONAL HEAD. CYLINDER - SEC:5050. Please receive herewith 2 "Marked up" blue prints of the following:- EXS.1613. Cylinder Head. - 1 off. This is as requested by memo Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Ed. {J. L. Edwards} 15/JH.26.4.39 and modifies an existing Cylinder Head, to provide a combustion chamber to conform as nearly as possible to the Wraith lll and to enable Wraith lll Valves to be fitted. The head will be provided by Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Ed. {J. L. Edwards} Kindly produce 1 set. Ald {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} | ||
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).