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).
Trial of a new Bentley gear lever with a knob made of ebonite or bakelite to improve appearance and reduce rattle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\4\ scan0048 | |
| Date | 2nd March 1933 | |
| 1228. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/KT.2.3.33. BENTLEY GEAR LEVER. We should like to try your gear lever to Ex.8727 with the knob turned ~~out~~ in ebonite or black bakelite for improved appearance and also to see if the light mass spoils its anti-rattle propensities. At present this lever does not make any of the noise from which the standard lever suffers. There has been some complaint that you can get in reverse gear when you do not wish to with this lever. We should therefore like XXX to try springs 25% and 50% stronger. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||