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).
Supply of unusable Bentley pistons and instructions for depots.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\3\ scan0194 | |
Date | 23th November 1937 | |
File Copy. To By... from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} c. to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}27/N.23.11.37. Bentley Pistons. A further Depot supply of 32 pistons have arrived at Kingsbury this week-end. These pistons are the new type with tight fitting skirt and are useless to the Depot. Will you please give Depots in writing that the same type of piston taken out of an engine must be refitted until such times that you require a new type to be fitted. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||