Application of front axle control to the 20/25 HP model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\1\ scan0102 | |
| Date | 6th January 1933 | |
| 8 5420. To R. {Sir Henry Royce} From Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Or. c. to S. c. to Ba. c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Hdy. {William Hardy} Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/WJ.6.1.33. FRONT AXLE CONTROL FOR 20/25 HP. We are likely to be in the position of delivering Phantom ll cars, Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) cars, and Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) cars with axle control, but this will not be fitted to the 20/25. We have a scheme to apply the axle control to the 20/25. Most of the pieces are the same as used on J.3. We have, of course, J.3 running about with axle control. We therefore recommend that future 20/25 HP. material should be ordered so that axle control can be fitted. We consider the tests carried out on the Phantom, Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine), and J.3 are sufficient to cover us for taking this risk on the 20/25. We have already had to abandon the ribbed cast iron brake drums on the 20/25 because we ran into front brake jeckers owing to us having no axle control. We therefore propose sending around a Standardisation Sheet for this feature. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).