Modifications to a Streamline Car chassis and an engine unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\1\ Scan070 | |
| Date | 31th January 1934 | |
| To RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} , from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} x261 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 5/KW.31.1.34. B-23-AE. Streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E) Car. ---------- Will you please modify this chassis as follows :- (1) Fit C.10 engine unit for tests on high speed roughness. (2) Fit Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) Gearbox with reduced overhang of the rear coupling. Y-4-BB. Unit. ---------- Further to our memo, asking you to fit Camshaft, Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1260, to this unit when it is replaced by C.10 unit, will you please remove main bearings 2, 4 and 6, so that we can run the engine on the bearings common to a four bearing engine; namely, 1, 3, 5 and 7. Means will be retained to retain the oil pressure, but we think the crank pin lubrication will be sufficient. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /H. Grylls. | ||
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).