Questioning the decision to revert to an R.R. clutch for the Bentley, citing previous issues and lack of testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0233 | |
| Date | 6th March 1936 | |
| C O P Y. To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 8/E.6.3.36. Re Bentley Clutch. In the third paragraph of Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/KW.5.3.36, you say that you are sorry that we are committed to the Borg & Beck clutches and that fortunately we can revert to the R.R. clutch on the Bentley almost immediately. [Handwritten note: in x2924 (conf. file)] I thought the position was that the reason for going over to the Borg & Beck clutch on the Bentley was because we were having a good deal of trouble with the R.R. clutch and there was nothing available to get us over the trouble. Am I not correct in saying that the testing of the car with the clutch we have put into production was carried out with the Borg & Beck clutch ? If my assumption is wrong, please let me know the correct facts but, if I am right, then I should like to know what R.R. clutch it is that you say we could revert to on the Bentley almost immediately, and what testing has it been submitted to on a 4¼ litre Bentley car. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||
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).