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Request to produce an instrument patch for the 'Spectre' instrument board, including a detailed list of parts required.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168a\1\  img030
Date  1st October 1935
  
"SpectreCodename for Phantom III" Instrument Board.
R.R.Scheme 879.

Will you please put in hand one instrument patch in accordance with details made from the above scheme, the feature of this scheme being to surround each instrument with a mount and thereby give less dazzle to the driver.

Blue prints sent herewith of :-

D.75380. Support Plate. 1 off.
D.75381. Case, Instrument Group. 1 off.
D.75382. Assembly of Instruments Light Cable.
D.75383. Insulated Tube. 2 off.
D.75387. Clip for Instruments. 12 off.
D.75388. Screw for Clip. 12 off.

D.75385. L.O.P. Instrument Board.

The instruments for use with the above are shown on the L.O.P. (Sheet 3) : These have been ordered.

The remaining parts on the L.O.P. can be obtained from production, with the, exception of :-

F.80460. Oil Pipe, Dash to Inst.Bd. {Mr Berend} 1 off.
D.54699. Shield, Therm.Tube. 1 off.
D.54716. Shield, Speedometer Drive. 1 off.
D.74868. Glass, Amber. 1 off.
D.74869. Glass, Green. 1 off.
D.74995. Indicator Disc, Fuel. 1 off.
D.74997. Indicator Disc, Dip. 1 off.
D.74998. Oil Pipe, Engine to Dash. 1 off.
D.75169. Casing, Inst Lamps. 6 off.
D.75170. Bulb Holder, Inst.Lamp. 6 off.
D.75171. Washer, Inst.Lamp. 6 off.
D.75172. Spring, Inst.Lamp. 6 off.
D.75173. Base Casing, Inst.Lamp. 6 off.
D.75231. Conductor, Petrol Gauge Earth Stud. 1 off.

Blue prints of these pieces have been previously issued to you in connection with "SpectreCodename for Phantom III".

Will you please advise us when this patch is ready as it is wanted for examination in the dark room.

BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD.
  
  
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).


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