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 a trial of a modified Bentley exhaust system on a specific chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\3\ scan0073 | |
| Date | 21th January 1935 | |
| X223 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}13/KW. 21.1.35. Bentley Exhaust System. We wish to try the effect of another straight through downtake pipe and modified type second expansion box as shown on Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1585. Will you therefore instruct for same to be made and fitted to chassis 1-B-IV. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.H. Whyman. | ||