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Proposal and parts list for mounting an instrument lamp on a Bentley III steering column.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 167\1\  img287
Date  8th November 1938
  
6116
To HPG
c. BY
c. Em/RC. {R. Childs}
c. RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /Wlds.(Ovr.Pr.Depts).
c. RHO/SS {S. Smith} ?
BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD.2/B.8.11.38.

BENTLEY III - 9.B.V.

D.CD.894 - Mounting of Instrument Lamp on Steering Column.

In order that the lamp to illuminate the instruments, may be mounted on the steering column, we hand you herewith a blueprint of D.CD.894 showing the proposal, together with blueprints of DB. {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 2064 - Bracket, to carry the lamp.

Will you please have one of these brackets made up to fit on, to the above car, using the following standard parts :-

Jubilee Clip. 2x Size. 1 off.
G.56820 - Screw. 2 off.
K.4401.V. Plain Washer. 2 off.
K.9002 - Lock Washer. 2 off.
K.4001.V. Nut. 2 off.

The lamp itself is handed to you herewith, complete with Festoon Bulb.

BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD.
  
  
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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