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 produce a modified set of exhaust valves for a Bentley cylinder head test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\1\ scan0111 | |
| Date | 1st January 1935 | |
| x219 RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}8/MA.1.1.35. BENTLEY CYLINDER HEAD. In conjunction with the tests we are carrying out on the bed, will you please produce 1 set (6 off) of exhaust valves to Ex.15604 suitable for throat diameter of 1.300 instead of 1.200. The head will be sent into the shop in about two days for modification, so will you please get these valves moving to save delay. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/C.T.Salt. | ||