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).
Electrical equipment parts list for the first Bentley 50 car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\4\ img075 | |
| Date | 26th April 1938 | |
| 6144 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [Struck through] c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} c. RHO/CAN. BY/RD.2/B.26.4.38. BENTLEY 50 (1st. CAR) - ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. Will you please obtain one set of parts for Bentley 50, 1st car, to the following instructions. There are no new parts and we indicate which sections are available from production and which were issued for Bentley III. Several sections should be available from Bentley III stock as two sets were instructed. LOP. Sec.7290. Battery Box and Fittings. DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}1573. (As Bentley III). Sec.8050. Horn Switch, DW.634. (As Bentley III). Sec.8110. Dynamo Suspension. DW.552. (Wraith Prod'n.) Sec.8120. Ignition Distributor. DW.426. (Wraith Prod'n.) Sec.8140. Ignition Coil. D.75673. (Wraith Prod'n.) Sec.8150. Ballast Resistance. DW.296. (Wraith Prod'n.) Sec.8160. Switchbox. DW.197. (Wraith Prod'n.) (The teazer terminal D.74939 should be added to this Switchbox.) Sec.8170. Distribution Board. DW.536. (Wraith Expl.). Sec.8230. Stop Lamp Switch. DW.236. (Wraith Prod'n). Sec.8290. Regulator and Cutout. As instructed in BY/RD.4/B.8.12.37 for Bentley III. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} will have a unit available for Bentley 50. Sec.8300. Petrol Pump. DW.646. (Wraith Prod'n). This completes the instructions for Bentley 50 electrical equipment, with the exception of Sec.8280 - Lamps, Horns and Fittings. BY/RD. | ||