Questioning the alloy used in two failed 'Bensport' pistons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\2\ scan0022 | |
| Date | 28th March 1933 | |
| S/W. {Sales / Derby Works} E.H. from P.N. Copy to Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Mr. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Dy. {F R Danby} X236. PN. {Mr Northey} 3/#T28.3.33. Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) Pistons. In your first memo on this subject E.4/HP.25.3.33 you refer to the failures which have occurred with Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) piston tops breaking off, whereas in your next memo K.1/HP.27.3.33 you write "we understand that by some mistake the Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) piston which broke......" Now, as there were two pistons which broke we feel it is important to know whether you intend to convey that they were both made from this pathetic old crankcase alloy. PN. {Mr Northey} | ||
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).