Scheme detailing the redesign of the Bentley 5 steering column controls due to fitting an automatic mixture control.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\2\ scan0097 | |
| Date | 20th March 1939 | |
| Handwritten: H50 Strikethrough: BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Strikethrough: c. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RBS c. Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Mc.S Strikethrough: c. DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /JD {J. Draper - Frames} DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 1/G.20.3.39. Handwritten: FJH {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} BENTLEY 5. STEERING COLUMN. Please receive herewith the following scheme :- Strikethrough: F.CD.1262 Steering Column Head. Handwritten: XX Owing to the decision to fit an automatic mixture control to the above chassis, we have redesigned the B.5 Wraith type controls and deleted the small diameter tube. We wish to use the Wraith 111 horn button with the armoured cable with this column. Will Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Mc.S. please note the disposition of the control tubes to suit the throttle and riding control levers. This scheme supersedes the controls instructed to F.CD.1211. Please instruct experimentally and for 50 sets. DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||
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).