Decision to retain a right-hand gear change for the Peregrine model.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\4\ B002_X 127 128-page10 | |
| Date | 14th June 1932 | |
| X128.7. To E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} From Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} re Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) Gearbox. Sg {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 5/E14.6.32. Copy to Mr. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Referring to E.1/MP.11.6.32 some months ago, when we discussed Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) and Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) we were definitely of the opinion that Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) must have right hand change. I have re-discussed the matter with C. and Cx. {Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} from the point of view of the ability to make the gearboxes interchangeable if Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) had central change, but despite this advantage we are still definitel of the opinion that it would be wrong to make Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) with central change. Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} | ||
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).