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).
Extract from a letter to Delco-Remy & Hyatt Ltd. detailing the specifications of a supplied distributor.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 163\7\ img123 | |
| Date | 9th July 1930 | |
| X4284 Extract from letter ref. JWB/CS. dated the 9th July 1930. from Messrs. Delco-Remy & Hyatt Ltd. 111 Grosvenor Rd. London, S.W.1. we The distributor which/are supplying to you is of the automatic advance type having a range of 18 degrees engine advance. You will of course realise that the automatic curve of this distributor may not be suitable to your engine, and we should be pleased to receive from you a report on how this suits your engine. The timing lever which we are supplying to you with this distributor will give a further 25 segrees engine manual advance. We wish to draw your attention to the rotation of the distributor which is counterclockwise at the driving end and we trust this will be suitable to you. We would point out that this rotation is standard with us. | ||