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Request to modify speedometer No. X.635 for use in a Bentley car.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 165\2\  img246
Date  14th May 1940
  
J. {Mr Johnson W.M.} Elec. 6065
To HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} /RH. {R. Hollingworth} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs}
Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs} 12/JMc.14.5.40.

Modification of Speedometer No. X.635.

We wish to have speedometer No. X.635, calibration 730 revs/mile, made suitable for a Bentley car.

Will you, therefore, please have this instrument sent to the Makers with the request that they overhaul it, and fit a Bentley scale reading up to 110 miles per hour. In adjusting the instrument, the calibration valve should remain at 730 r.p.mile.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs}
  
  
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