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).
Drawings for an experimental forged aluminium connecting rod and a piston for a Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\2\ scan0124 | |
| Date | 1st November 1933 | |
| To-BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} c. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} NHC. X236 E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}2/HP.1.11.33. re Bentley. We send you herewith drawing of: LeC.3682 - Forged aluminium connecting rod. 3679 - Piston with large diameter piston pin. These are experimental and a die can be put in hand for making the connecting rod. The piston can be made from an existing die casting LeC.3675. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} | ||