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).
Alterations to the fixing plates for the Lucas Trafficator switch on the steering column for Wraith 80 and Bentley models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\6\ img033 | |
| Date | 7th March 1939 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. BY c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RE. c. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/Wld. c. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/SS.{S. Smith} c. Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} for HFS. c. BY/HBB. C. RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 6073 756 RE FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 784 WRAITH 80, BENTLEY V & BENTLEY 80. F.CD.1195 - Fixing of Lucas Trafficator - Steering Column. We hand you herewith our alteration 5575/D - to DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2076 - Trafficator Switch. This alteration revises the fixing plates of the trafficator switches in accordance with the above scheme. We suggest that it would be better if we made new plates and attach them to the switches. Full dimensions of the plates are shown on DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2076. There are other features on the actual trafficator switches which are not in accordance with our drawing but which will not prevent them being used for the experiment, as Messrs. Lucas are loth to make any change for so small a quantity. Also in connection with this scheme, Distance Pieces are required - DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2280, (3 off), blueprints of which are attached herewith. Two Trafficator Switches DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2076 have been in our possession for some weeks pending the making of the new scheme F.CD.1195, and we now hand them herewith to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} BY/RB.{R. Bowen} | ||