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).
Request to urgently manufacture an air intake for a new 3,500 Bore Bentley induction system.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0037 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} <200a (4) Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}26/KW.3.9.35. 3,500 Bore Bentley Induction System. We are preparing a new induction system for the large bore Bentley. Will you please make the air intake shown on Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2105. This is required urgently, and will be needed for 6-B-IV (10,000 miles). Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.T.Salt. | ||