Status update and specification list for B.80 and Bentley V engine units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161a\3\ scan0238 | |
| Date | 26th June 1939 | |
| -7- HFS/WSC. {W. S. Cassel} 1/BA.26.6.39. B.80 Units - contd. No.3. On test for Development running. No.4 Fitted in 3.B.50 Chassis. No.5. New Unit in accordance with specification HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} 1/BA.5.4.39. The main items being, 1.EB.4919 Crankcase T.H. & Cylinder. 2.EB.4685 Crankshaft. 3.SCD.1043 Crankshaft Damper. 4.EB.3916 Aerolite pistons. 5.EB.4706 Cylinder Head - sloping valves. 6.EB.4719 Rocker Cover. 7.EX.33420 Exhaust Valves - solid stem. 8.EB.4482 Camshaft. 9.EX.S.1300 Wheelcase. 10.EB.3813/4 Exhaust Manifold. No.6. New Unit in accordance with specification issued in HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} 1/BA.5.4.39 and HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} 8/BA.26.5.39. The main items being:- 1.EB.4918 Crankcase T.H. and Cylinder to suit Wilcox Rich Tappets. 2.EB.4685 Crankshaft. 3.EB.4913 Camshaft. 4.EB.4922 Tappet Body. 5.EB.4923 Exhaust Valves. 6.EW.2115 pistons - split-skirt. 7.EB.4706 Cylinder Head. 8. EB.8613/4 Exhaust Manifolds. Bentley V Units. No.1 - Fitted in 10.B.V. Remarks. Crankcase T.H.Casting is expected 26.6.39. Crankshaft forgings promised 1st week in July. Specification has been issued in HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /WSC. {W. S. Cassel} 8/BA.13.5.39. for the conversion of this unit to a standard B.V. at the first opportunity incorporating the following. continued. | ||
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).