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Policy reasons for persevering with the RR carburettor over the S.U. carburettor for the Peregrine engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 1\10\  B001_X106 TO X 110-page113
Date  13th June 1933
  
X108

S/W {Sales / Derby Works}
To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) Carburetters. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 4/E13.6.33
Copy to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E.BY.
DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hdy. {William Hardy} EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} PN. {Mr Northey}

Referring to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1/KT/26.5.33 it seems to me that we must persevere with the RR carburetter for Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) as I do not think we can seriously consider producing it with S.U.carburetters for policy reasons.

It was on account of policy reasons that we eventually decided against two S.U's on the Continental Phantom, our eventual conclusion being that two S.U's were advisable for the Bentley but not for the RR.

Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}
  
  
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).


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