With a sketch suggesting the use of diagonal rods to secure an engine to the frame.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\1\ img055 | |
| Date | 7th September 1932 | |
| FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} C. to SGT. " WDP. " HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} " EWS. " ADH. J. {Mr Johnson W.M.} 3. ASD PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) L. R2/M7.9.32. X 5770 X40(?) We must hold the engine firmly endwise. I suggest diagonal rods from the junction of the front cross member and frame to the engine body, if possible - see sketch below. R. {Sir Henry Royce} [Sketch of an engine mounted in a frame with labels] ENGINE Front crossmember. Frame. | ||
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).