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).
The proposal to use a Bentley ignition distributor contact finger on 20/25 and 40/50 HP models, subject to a 10,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\2\ scan0213 | |
| Date | 26th July 1933 | |
| 86119 To DY{F R Danby}/RD. from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. Nor. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. E.11/HP.26.7.33. Ignition Distributor Contact Fingers. Replying to your memo BY/RD.1/W.25.7.33, we are in agreement with the proposal to use DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}346 Bentley contact finger for 20/25 and 40/50 HP. It will be necessary, however, for this to be 10,000 miles tested, and we are of the opinion that the forthcoming test on the Bentley will be satisfactory in this respect. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||