Disagreeing with the use of the company's clutch on the 4¼-litre Bentley, favouring the Borg and Beck clutch.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0240 | |
| Date | 12th March 1936 | |
| S/W {Sales / Derby Works} To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Bentley Clutch. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 5/E12.3.36 Copy to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} E.RV. I am in receipt of Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/KW.10.3.36. I have re-read Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 6/KW.19.11.35 and in view of the information given there relative to the inferiority of the RR clutch as compared with the Borg and Beck clutch standardised for the 4¼-litre Bentley, I do not agree to any action being taken at this juncture to use the RR clutch on the 4¼-litre Bentley. The matter will come up for discussion at the next conference. 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).