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Speedometer change for a Streamlined Bentley due to a new gear ratio.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 165\4\  img253
Date  5th November 1934
  
16065.

RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.5/MA.5.11.34.

STREAMLINEExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.ED BENTLEY.

When the ratio on this car is changed to 11/43 will you please arrange for the speedometer to be changed to suit the new ratio. We have a speedometer already calibrated for this job when required.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.
  
  
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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