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Request for a new Peregrine starter motor for experiments to increase its low starting torque.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 62\1\  scan0047
Date  8th July 1932
  
X6134
RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.13/MA. 8.7.32.
PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) STARTER MOTOR.
Will you please have another of these motors produced for us as soon as possible.
We wish to carry out experiments to increase the starting torque which is low on the existing motor.
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.
  
  
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