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).
Requesting the addition of five specific components to the specification of a Bentley 5 Car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0014 | |
| Date | 27th July 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 1653 B Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/KW.27.7.34. Bentley 5 Car. Will you please add to the specification of this car :- (1) Halford silent tappets with .0025 plunger clearance and a filter to LeC.2959. (2) Drums with longer fins and water seal covers, Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}6/KW.18.7.34. (3) Front cross member between the lamps, to N.Sch.4124. (4) Exhaust system as on 4-B-IV. (5) Anti-Rattle Synchromesh, N.Sch.4101. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||