Cancelling instructions for a hand mixture control and reverting to the automatic starting carburetter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\1\ scan0039 | |
| Date | 13th March 1939 | |
| 408 To By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /CTS. {C. Trot Salt - Carburation} c. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /CS. c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /IMw. {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} c. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HEB. {H. Biraben} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GH. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1/MR.13.3.39. B.S. INDUCTION SYSTEM. As a result of preliminary tests carried out on the hand mixture control we have decided to go for the automatic Starting Carburetter. This cancels instructions given in Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /CTS. {C. Trot Salt - Carburation} 4/JH.25.2.39. Various improvements have recently been made to the Starting Carburetter, and we now find that the raised engine mounting makes provision of a hand mixture control that will not rattle, exceedingly awkward. Rattling controls are one of the most irritating features of a car. The automatic Starting Carburetter also applies to the "Corniche(Bentley streamline(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E)d precursor to R Type Continental, never produced)" Bentley, which means that we shall have only three controls instead of four on this column. Will By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /CS. please instruct accordingly. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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