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).
Detonation issue on a big bore Bentley with an experimental ignition governor.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\1\ scan0340 | |
| Date | 23th November 1935 | |
| 4560 To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}18/KW.23.11.35. Your car will be ready on Monday. With regard to the detonation on the big bore Bentley, as we told you, we had an experimental ignition governor on this car. We will investigate it when it returns to Derby. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||