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).
List of experimental items fitted to Chassis 5-B-IV.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\3\ scan0142 | |
| Date | 11th March 1935 | |
| C O P Y. +200a (3) 11.3.35. EXPERIMENTAL ITEMS ON CHASSIS 5-B-IV. (1) Standard dynamo. (2) Geared starter motor with modified drive nut and sleeve to give larger helix angle with four starts thread. Also stronger pinion return spring to DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}947. (3) Currus fog lamp. (4) Lucas horns with drain holes. (5) Ferranti ammeter with 30 ampere range. (6) R.R. Sch. 719 instrument patch and lightened type A.T. speedometer and rev. clock with modified mileage recorder discs. (7) New type Smith electric petrol gauge with larger float and fitted with warning light contact. (8) Cam lubricator on battery ignition distributor identical to the one used on the SpectreCodename for Phantom III. (9) Flexible earth from engine to frame as on D.54428 but with extra flexibility. (10) SpectreCodename for Phantom III type ignition coil and ballast resistance. (11) H.T. cable with better heat resistance than standard maconite. Helsby cable. Varnish fabric covered. (12) K.L.G. type 851 sparking plugs. (13) R.R. headlamp footswitch. (14) Rubber caps over H.T. distributor terminals. (15) P.100 headlamps with strengthened dipper units and new front glasses with plain centre. | ||