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 manufacture a lighter trial version of a Bentley Drilled Connecting Rod.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\3\ scan0093 | |
| Date | 2nd October 1934 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X214 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.17/KW.2.10.34. Bentley Drilled Con. Rods. We find that the drilled rod is 3/4 oz. heavier than the standard rod, and are anxious to reduce the weight as far as possible. Will you please make 1 rod to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1539 for trial purposes. This should be down to standard weight. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||