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).
Request to produce a high compression cylinder head for a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\1\ scan0068 | |
| Date | 7th June 1934 | |
| X219 RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}2/MA.7.6.34. BENTLEY HIGH COMPRESSION CYL. HEADS Will you please produce a cyl. head incorporating the following :- EB1237 Cyl. head (7.35:1 CR{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester}). in cast iron. Ex.12089 Inlet Valve. EB1325 Exhaust Valve. Valve seats to be machined straight into the head (no inserts). We would like this head put in hand as soon as possible for our high speed tests. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.T.Salt. | ||