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).
Letter to Delco-Remy & Hyatt Ltd. requesting modifications to three distributors for a Bentley engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\2\ scan0302 | |
| Date | 7th January 1936 | |
| r6119 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.5/MA. 7th January, 1936. Messrs.Delco-Remy & Hyatt, Ltd., 111, Grosvenor Road, London, S.W.1. For the attention of Mr.B.Rushton. Dear Sir, With reference to the three other distributors which you are altering for us we have since carried out governor tests on our latest Bentley engine and find that we wish to alter the curve a little more. We regret that we are such a nuisance in this respect but hope you will be able to modify the three distributors without much trouble. We attach herewith curves which shew the advance characteristic we require, i.e. the one marked'ideal curve', the curve below is the one which we took on the distributor received on Monday morning. We hope you will now be able to complete these three distributors with the altered characteristic and return them to us as soon as possible. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||