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).
Request to obtain quotations and a sample speedometer and rev counter from Messrs Norths' for the Bensport model.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\2\ Scan190 | |
Date | 24th March 1933 | |
x605'1 ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/MS. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. 4/KT. 24.3.33. BENSPORT SPEEDOMETER & REV. COUNTER. Will you please obtain quotations and a sample speedometer and rev. counter from Messrs Norths' for consideration in connection with Bensport. The dials should be 4 1/2" in diameter, black with white lettering, and the speedometer should be calibrated up to 110 m.p.h. and run at 790 revs per mile. The rev. counter should read R.P.M. x 100 up to 5000 r.p.m. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||