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Requesting the fitting of various Lucas electrical components to a B.60 No.1 engine and changing the battery earth to positive.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168a\4\  img161
Date  30th July 1940
  
File (General)

To HDS/HH,
c. to Ev. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} (Park Leys)

6144

Re/No.6/JH.30.7.40.

re B.60 No.1.
(S.B.V.)

Will you please arrange for the following units to be fitted to the above engine before it is installed in S.B.V.

1 Lucas Dynamo (mounted to PL.104) ✓
1 Regulator and cutout unit (Lucas Rover type) ✓
1 Lucas Coil (PL.144) M.232 ✓
1 Lucas Starter Motor M.256) ✓
Wiring and tubes to M.126. ✓

In order to get the best out of the ignition coil the battery earth should be changed over to positive.

Ra/HC.
  
  
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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