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 new, larger vent pipe for a Bentley III to prevent carburettor flooding.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\1\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 7th April 1938 | |
| 408. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe}2/JH.7.4.38. 7.B.V. Bentley III. Will you please make a vent pipe (.250 outside dia) for the above car. The existing one is too small in the bore in conjunction with the high pressure petrol pumps and is thus contributary to flooding the carburettors. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/Elston has been supplied with the correct banjo fittings. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe} | ||