Page discussing a Bentley disc wheel mock-up, radiator design, and a list of standardisation sheets for signatures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161a\2\ scan0120 | |
| Date | 13th January 1937 | |
| -3- Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry {Shadwell Grylls} /3/A.13.1.37 REMARKS. BENTLEY (13) DISC WHEELS. A mock-up is being made, whereby disc wheels are to be fitted to an existing Bentley so that their appearance can be criticised. BENTLEY III (14) DEVELOPMENT This is dealt with in Ey.S/C.13.1.38. (15) RADIATOR Pressure of other work has prevented a design of a sloping radiator being started. GENERAL (16) STANDARDISATION SHEETS. The following are up for signature at this Meeting:- 1. P.J. overdrive gearbox. 2. P.J. large tube front dampers. (RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} says these could be introduced at 101 in D. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} series and would mean scrapping material to the value of £48. 13. 6.) 3. P.J. carburetter jets to improve consumption. 4. 25/30. thermoid clutch. 5. P.J. C.S.T. adjustable length. 6. P.J. Stone-guard rear brake inter shaft. 7. P.J. Deletion of air silencer supports. The sheet for wide rim P.J. road wheels was signed by Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} and Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} between Conferences, because of the necessity of ordering D. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} series material. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls} | ||
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).