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).
Blueprints for various inlet and induction pipes for the Bentley 50 chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 112\1\ scan0013 | |
| Date | 15th June 1938 | |
| 808 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} c. BY/CS. Piles BY/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design}30/G.15.6.38. SWDL{Len H. Swindell} BENTLEY 50. CHASSIS. INLET PIPES - SECTION 5070. Please receive herewith two blueprints of each of the following, with an extra print of parts marked @ :- S.CD.695 Built-up Induction Pipes (for single or dual downdraught carburetters). S.CD.696 Built-up Induction Pipes (for two single downdraught carburetters). @x.S.807 Inlet Pipe - Front. 1 off. @x.S.808 Inlet Pipe Rear. 1 off. @x.S.809 Hot Spot Chamber (Single Downdraught) 1 off. @x.S.810 End Plug. 2 off. @x.S.811 Blanking-off Plug. 2 off. @x.S.812 Base Flange. 2 off. @x.S.813 Base Flange. 2 off. @x.S.814 Coupling. 2 off. Ex.S.815 Plate for Induction Pipe Centre. .375 dia. hole. 1 off. Ex.S.816 Plate for Induction Pipe Centre. .500 dia. hole. 1 off. Ex.S.817 Plate for Induction Pipe Centre. .750 dia. hole. 1 off. Ex.S.818 Plate for Induction Pipe Centre. 1.000 dia. hole. 1 off. Ex.S.819 Plate for Induction Pipe Centre. 1.750 dia. hole. 1 off. The above is as requested by memo Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/R.21.5.38. to provide a built up induction pipe for alternative schemes, suggested on Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}'s note of the 21st. ult. Kindly instruct one set. We attach to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} and BY/CS's copies, a blueprint of S.CD.695/6. Will BY/CS. please instruct the necessary studs, nuts and washers, which appear on the cylinder head. Ald{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} BY/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design} | ||