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Specification sheet listing various vehicle components and their corresponding design reference numbers.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 3\4\  04-page152
Date  30th November 1932 guessed
  
Section: Description. Design.

Exhaust Fittings: Existing 40/50 type manifold in C.I. No sliding joint in pipe to silencer. Silencer suspended on links.

Engine Controls: For two S.U. carburetters. No magneto. Reversed direction of distributor.

Radiator & Fittings: Bentley shape with Marston matrix. Design: N.Sch.3562, N.Sch.3599, N.Sch.3266, N.Sch.3601, N.Sch.3606

Radiator Shutters and Controls: Shutters of moulded tube type. Thermostatically operated. Design: N.Sch.3562, N.Sch.3568

Bonnet: Bentley shape, louvred, "Remax" fasteners. Make layout of correct bonnet for new position of radiator, existing C'ase profile to determine shape at scuttle. Location at dashboard. Design: N.Sch.3502, N.Sch.3569

Starting Handle: Detachable. Cover monogram "B" instead of "RR". Design: N.Sch.3583

Flywheel & Clutch: Flywheel with multiplate clutch. Clutch casing to suit C'case flange. Torsionally flexible couplings and shaft between clutch and gearbox. Design: N.Sch.3574, LeC.3962, N.Sch.3574, N.Sch.3609

Gearbox: Separate Synchromesh gearbox, suspended from crossmember at rear of box, with parallel side rails. Servo 1.000 larger dia. than Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine). Position of gearbox. Design: N.Sch.3519/20, N.Sch.3521/22, N.Sch.3490, N.Sch.3554/8/9, N.Sch.3587/89, N.Sch.3590, N.Sch.3609

Change Gear & Brake Mech: Central change lever with hand brake mounted on side of gearbox. Design: N. Sch.3556, N. Sch.3589
  
  
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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