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).
Requesting the fitting of servo motors to specific Bentley and 25 HP chassis for testing purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 105\4\ scan0165 | |
| Date | 15th January 1935 | |
| 45370 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}17/KW.15.1.35. 25 HP. and Bentley Servo Motors. We wish to obtain as much running experience as possible on the type of Servo that you are at present making for 5-B-IV. Will you please therefore make the necessary parts and fit as the opportunity arises this type of Servo to the following chassis :- Bentley 1-B-IV. 2-B-IV. 4-B-IV. B-35-AE (Hall's Car) 25 HP. 18-G-IV. 20-G-IV. 21-G-IV. GUB-5 (Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}'s Car). The servo that you are at present making for B-23-AE should have the altered arrangement of splines as on 5-B-IV. The specification of the servo we require should be exactly as instructed for 5-B-IV in our memo. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}19/KW.21.12.34 with linings in VM.30 material and on the Bentley chassis, cams to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1631 with 45° angle, and on 25 HP. cars, the same cams with 35° angle. The lightened parts instructed in Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}1/KW.9.1.35 should not be incorporated. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.J.Hardy. | ||