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).
Urgent request to order modified inlet manifold washers for a Bentley for the Le Mans race.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\4\ Scan157 | |
| Date | 6th August 1936 | |
| To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} x 262 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Bwdl.23/JH. 6.8.36. Bentley. Will you please order 2 dozen inlet manifold washers to the drawing (E.54919) but with an increased bore diameter from 1.000" to 1.625. These are urgently required in connection with the assembly of the unit for the Le Mans race. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/L.H.Swindall. | ||