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).
Drawing LeC.3727, detailing a modification to the Bentley drain plug for improved ground clearance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\3\ scan0017 | |
| Date | 11th December 1933 | |
| X216 To DY.{F R Danby} from E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} c. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}2/HP.11.12.33. Bentley Ground Clearance. - Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/LID.{A. J. Lidsey}1/KT.21.11.33. We send you herewith drawing: LeC.3727 showing the drain plug arranged to give more clearance with the ground. With this arrangement we are obliged to abandon the locking for the plug, and before adopting this we should make sure that the plug can be properly tightened with the key which is in the kit and now used for the petrol tank drain plug. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} | ||