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).
Instructions for producing a moulded top horn button for the Wraith and Bentley III models to eliminate rattles.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\2\ img376 | |
Date | 28th March 1938 | |
To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/BC. c/o RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/CAH 6139. BY/RD.4/B.28.3.38. HORN SWITCH : SEC.8050. Wraith & Bentley III - D.CD.544. In order to produce a Horn Button having a moulded top in order to eliminate rattles, we hand you herewith blueprints of :- DW.631 - Spring. DW.632 - Support. DW.633 - Horn Button. DW.634 - Horn Switch LOP. The remainder of the parts on the LOP. are Wraith pieces. Will you please put in hand one sample set for Wraith, together with a set for Bentley III. We have indicated on the drawing of the Button - DW.633, how, for experimental purposes, it can be made without producing a die. This completes the instructions. BY/RD. | ||