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).
Meeting notes from Derby regarding progress on the Bentley C and D Series, valve standardisation, and a Graham Paige supercharger.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\2\ Scan369 | |
| Date | 24th May 1934 | |
| Handwritten: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Please see me HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} x2924 Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}26/E25.5.34 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Typed: Notes of Meeting at Derby, 24th May 1934 Present: Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}✓ BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} C H A S S I S. BENTLEY. 10,000 Miles Car. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} said that the car 4-B-IV referred to in Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}18/KW16.5.34 had started to run. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} said that this car appeared to have on it the main things we were anxious to embody on 'C' Series but he was still waiting to see a specification of the next 10,000 miles car as we should soon be wanting to know what items we could get on 'D' Series. At the meeting on May 1st, it was left to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} and E/Ltd. to prepare this. Valves - Scheme to prevent valve dropping into cylinder - Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} said that this was OK and that a standardisation sheet was being prepared. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} was asked to arrange for it to get on production as quickly as possible and to let Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} and Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} know how soon it would get on and what if any scrap would be entailed. It was also decided to make it a Depot Instruction Sheet job and further to introduce the same modification on BR chassis as soon as possible but not to make it a Depot Instruction sheet job for them. Graham Paige Car. Referring to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}26/KW.15.5.34 Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} said that they were dealing with the question of taking the supercharger unit completely off this car and putting it on to the Bentley. There were certain difficulties because the superchargers ran the wrong way xxx but these would be overcome. | ||