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).
Questioning the decision to revert to an R.R. clutch for the Bentley, citing previous issues and lack of testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0233 | |
| Date | 6th March 1936 | |
| C O P Y. To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}8/E.6.3.36. Re Bentley Clutch. In the third paragraph of Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/KW.5.3.36, you say that you are sorry that we are committed to the Borg & Beck clutches and that fortunately we can revert to the R.R. clutch on the Bentley almost immediately. [Handwritten note: in x2924 (conf. file)] I thought the position was that the reason for going over to the Borg & Beck clutch on the Bentley was because we were having a good deal of trouble with the R.R. clutch and there was nothing available to get us over the trouble. Am I not correct in saying that the testing of the car with the clutch we have put into production was carried out with the Borg & Beck clutch ? If my assumption is wrong, please let me know the correct facts but, if I am right, then I should like to know what R.R. clutch it is that you say we could revert to on the Bentley almost immediately, and what testing has it been submitted to on a 4¼ litre Bentley car. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||