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).
Completed and ongoing Bentley Chassis Standardisation Sheets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\3\ scan0142 | |
| Date | 3rd July 1934 | |
| W/S {Derby Works / Sales} (C) 3066 W/S {Derby Works / Sales} (Ex) Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} BP. Hd. {Mr Hayward / Mr Huddy} EHT BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /NW {N. Walker - Patents} BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Mtn10/N.3.7.34. Re: BENTLEY CHASSIS - STANDARDISATION SHEETS. Kindly note the following Bentley Standardisation Sheets were completed during June :- Title. Series where brought in. Chassis to Test. Battery ignition distributor to RR.Sch.478 C. 25.8.34. with circular condenser. The following Standardisation Sheets are in course of circulation :- Ransome & Marles rear axle pinion thrust race. Improved starter dogs. Terminal nuts and spring washers in place of spring clips on sparking plugs. Scheme to prevent valves dropping in cylinder. Starter motor magnet poles made in "Sankeys" Lohys iron. Stiffer brake torsion shafts in front axle. Starter motor main switch with finer gauge coil winding. Modified float chamber and drain pipes. Bifurcated rivetting of clutch linings. | ||