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 order of various instrument board components for the Bentley 'Corniche' 14.B.V.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\1\ img120 | |
| Date | 27th February 1939 | |
| 6135 RE BY/RD.1/B.27.2.39. BENTLEY "CORNICHE" - 14.B.V. INSTRUMENT BOARD. SECTION 7190. Will you please order from the A.T. Speedometer Co., and Messrs. S. Smith & Sons (MA) Ltd., respectively, the following items :- DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2310 - Speedometer. 1 off. } A.T.Speedometer Co. DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2128 - Rev. Counter. 1 off. } DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2138 - Petrol Gauge. 1 off. } DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2145 - Oil Gauge & Thermo: 1 off. } Speedometer Drive similar to DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}1805 1 off. } S. Smith & Sons length to be settled later. 1 off. } (MA) Ltd. Tachometer Drive -do- 1 off. } Rheostat. (Code No. 47366) complete. 1 off. } With the exception of the speedometer and rheostat the above items are as quoted in our memo' BY/RD.12/B.21.12.38., and as the manufacturers know what is required of them, we have not attached blueprints of these two parts. We believe the instruments for 14.B.V. were taken from 10.B.V., so the foregoing can be used as replacements on 10.B.V. BY/RD. | ||