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 The S.U. Carburetter Co. Ltd. requesting a pair of modified H.V.S carburetters for a 4¼ litre Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\4\ scan0107 | |
| Date | 27th April 1936 | |
| X1487 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}18/KW. 27th April, 1936. The S.U. Carburetter Co.Ltd., Adderley Park, Birmingham 8. Dear Sirs, Will you please supply 1 pair of H.V.S carburetters (1¾" throttle bore). The mixture controls should be modified, so that when these carburetters are fitted to a car, they will connect straight up to the present arrangement of controls on the 4¼ litre Bentley. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||