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).
Bentley cylinder head failure on a test unit due to an obsolete exhaust valve, and the need for a replacement.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\1\ scan0102 | |
Date | 3rd September 1936 | |
To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X1129 E/PSN.3/MN.3.9.36. Copy to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Edwards. ------------------ Car Universal Single Cylinder Unit. Bentley Cylinder Head. We send you herewith two prints of RS.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}313 of a modified exhaust valve for the standard Bentley head on the above unit. The recent failure which scrapped the head was caused by the head coming off an obsolete type of exhaust valve. It will be necessary to make a new head to EB.1517 to replace the one that failed, as this head is used as the standard of comparison on the unit. E/PSN. Att: RS.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}313. | ||