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).
Need to adapt Bentley car tail lights for continental use to comply with French regulations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61a\2\ scan0138 | |
| Date | 21th July 1938 | |
| S/W. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. " Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}BY. c. " Hn.{F. C. Honeyman - Retail orders}Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X 232 Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}8/KW21.7.38. re- Tail Light for Continental Use on Bentley Car. EIO/HP15.7.38. I have looked up the regulations which lay it down that cars, except those travelling with an international certificate for motor vehicles, must conform as regards lighting to the pattern approved by the authorities. That definitely exempts English cars on triptyque from conforming to these regulations. I find, however, that our drivers when in France with cars which do not conform to the French regulations are frequently stopped by the police, and, where it is possible, made to change over their tail lamps and dim their side lamps. It would seem, therefore, that we ought to make some provision for a tail lamp on the nearside when in France. There would be no objection, I think, to any form of supplementary tail lamp operated in conjunction with the existing tail lamp because the tail lamp also has a stop lamp in it controlled by the operation of the foot brake pedal. We have sometimes used a small tail lamp with an extension lead to be coupled up as and when required only. Could this be done in the case of the Bentley without cutting out the standard tail light and stop light ? If so, that would seem to be an easy way out of the difficulty. Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} | ||