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 a new design for an air intake bend for a Large Bore Bentley, to be cast in aluminium.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\4\ scan0129 | |
| Date | 16th September 1935 | |
| X 208 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}19/KW.16.9.35. Large Bore Bentley. We have tested the air intake bend HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2105 made in sheet steel. Will you please detail a new bend from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2105, to be cast in alum. incorporating the same type of joint to the air silencer as on present standard Bentley, and suitable petrol drains, etc. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C. T. Salt. | ||