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).
New design for a Bentley III air silencer, requesting a trial unit be made.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 152\3\ scan0246 | |
| Date | 29th March 1938 | |
| 1297. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}6/JH.29.3.38. BENTLEY III AIR SILENCER. To overcome the difficulty of the air silencer projecting up to the dash board, a design has been made to ECD.530. No detailing has been done, we should like to try the scheme first. Could you please have an air silencer made up from the scheme drawing for trial on Bentley 7.B.5. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||