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).
Alteration to the switchbox lever for Bentley V and Bentley 50 chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\2\ img418 | |
| Date | 20th March 1939 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} o.{Mr Oldham} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} cc. Hynes/B.L. BY/RD.3/B.20.3.39. ALL CHASSIS - IN PARTICULAR BENTLEY V AND BENTLEY 50. Switches for Separate Mounting - D.CD.834 & D.CD.1232. Under alteration 5585/D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} we have added the final switchbox lever - DW.948, blueprints of which are attached herewith. Will you please have the Die put in hand and order 1 dozen levers for the switches already built. DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}1982 - Insert, will be required, 1 off for each lever, and these should be produced in accordance with the latest drawing of that number, which has been issued. 1 Blueprint herewith to Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} BY/RD. | ||