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).
Requesting the transfer of a two-speed geared starter motor to a Streamlined Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 62\1\ scan0273 | |
| Date | 4th October 1934 | |
| 86134. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.5/MA.4.10.34. 2 SPEED GEARED BENTLEY MOTOR. Will you please arrange to remove the two speed geared starter on 1.B.IV and fit it to the Streamlined Bentley as this car operates under more severe starting conditions. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||