Revised governor characteristics and ordering distributors for Bentley 40 engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168\3\ img105 | |
| Date | 7th March 1939 | |
| 6119 BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /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 {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} /Les. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RB. {R. Bowen} | ||
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).