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).
Urgent request for the production of an ignition governor and distributor for a deturbulated Bentley engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 163\7\ img310 | |
| Date | 19th April 1937 | |
| HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst. 6013 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst.7/AP.19.4.37 RR. Ignition Governor for Deturbulated Engine Will you please have made for us as soon as possible in connection with the fitting of R.R. distributors to the de-turbulated head Bentley engine, one complete Bentley distributor and governor with the governor altered by fitting a spring to drawing E.61099. A check should be made that the shaft is absolutely free, the friction being reduced to a minimum in order to obtain the minimum early operation of the governor. This distributor and governor is very urgently required in view that the Delco-Remy has been put back on Production and an R.R. governor will have to be produced very quickly for the de-turbulated head. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst. | ||