Letter to The Light Production Co. Ltd. requesting a specification for 3 1/4' Bore Bentley Pistons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\2\ scan0087 | |
| Date | 5th November 1935 | |
| X236 Exptl. Dept. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} 14/KW. 5th November, 1935. The Light Production Co.Ltd., 60/66, Rochester Row, Westminster, London, S.W.1. Dear Sirs, 3 1/4" Bore Bentley Pistons. We shall be glad if you will send us a Specification Number of the second type of these pistons with which you supplied us; that is to say, with the strengthened gudgeon pin boss but the original crown, and clearances as follow - At the top of the skirt - .003" At the bottom of the skirt - .0025" Saw cutting exactly as on the present 3 1/4" bore piston. The object of this is that when we order pistons to this specification we shall know we are getting the correct ones. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||
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).