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).
Design and modification of silent tappets for the Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\3\ scan0034 | |
| Date | 5th December 1934 | |
| x207 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/KW.5.12.34. Silent Tappets for the Bentley. With a view to helping you with any work you may do on the silent tappets for the Bentley, we have gone over the job to try and make it as easy as possible. We attach a summary of the information; if one of your people could find time to look it over and make any modifications you consider necessary, it would be possible to detail the parts from the information supplied. It is rather fortunate that the original SpectreCodename for Phantom III cam form seems almost ideal for the Bentley with silent tappets. Summarising the position, on the SpectreCodename for Phantom III you appear to have done nearly all the design work necessary to fit these tappets to the Bentley. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Att: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.1/KW.1.12.34. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.8/KW.4.12.34. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1629 & Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1636. | ||