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).
Sample speedometer and rev counter with inverted dial figures for Standard Bentley A.T. models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\2\ Scan316 | |
| Date | 5th January 1934 | |
| 8605'1. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By/RD. c. to Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.1/MA.5.1.34. STANDARD BENTLEY A.T. SPEEDOMETER AND REV COUNTER. A sample speedometer and rev counter was submitted to us by the A.T. Co., with the dial figures inverted, the idea being that on some saloon cars the speedometer reading at normal cruising speeds would be easier to read. These instruments have been fitted to a Car and are certainly more easily legible than the standard arrangement of dial marking. Sales Dept., have seen these instrument and approved them so that we suggest these inverted dials can be adopted on production as soon as convenient. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||