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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).
Revised governor characteristics and ordering distributors for Bentley 40 engines.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168\3\  img105
Date  7th March 1939
  
6119

BY/RB.{R. Bowen}6/B.7.3.39.

BENTLEY 40.

DISTRIBUTOR AND GOVERNOR. SECTION 8120.

In accordance with memo' Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}13/MR. 22.2.39., revised governor characteristics are required for these distributors.

We therefore send you herewith, our alteration 1767/D.ss.{S. Smith} together with blueprints of :-

DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2327 - Drive Shaft and Governor.

Will you please order from Messrs. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Lucas Ltd., sufficient of DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2327 for the distributors on Bentley 40 engines.

1 Set of NPS's blueprints herewith

to Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Les.{Ivan A. Leslie}

BY/RB.{R. Bowen}
  
  


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