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Accessories for model 12.B.5 not supplied by the coachbuilders.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 98\5\  scan0166
Date  4th January 1939
  
To: Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} . from Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}
c. Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Std.
c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs}
c. Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /JD. {J. Draper - Frames}
c. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD.
c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies}
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Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} 3/N.4.1.39.

Re: Accessories for 12.B.5. not supplied by the Coachbuilders.

(1) Headlamps. - Lucas Open Front without dippers.
(2) Wing Lamps. - Supplied in wing by coachbuilder.
(3) Twin Stop & Tail Lamp. - Lucas lamp on R.R. cast stem supplied by BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD - DB. {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 2079/80 and DB. {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 2122.
(4) Centre Lamp. - DB. {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 1808/9 - Lucas 140.
(5) Bumpers. - Front F.CD.749. - Rear PD.347.
(6) Wireless. - Ferranti mounted on dash.
(7) Heater. - On dash with defroster - to be supplied by Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Std.
(8) Horns. - Wind tone.
(9) Instrument Board. - Design required by Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD.

It is essential that we should receive the instrument board without delay and that all the above accessories should be supplied with the chassis when it leaves for the coachbuilders.

Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}
  
  
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).


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