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).
New British Delco-Remy distributor being tested on a Bentley chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\2\ scan0312 | |
| Date | 24th January 1936 | |
| 119 Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.1/MA.24.1.36. BRITISH DELCO-REMY DISTRIBUTOR FOR BENTLEY CHASSIS. We are sending you herewith a model of the distributor we are testing out on the Bentley chassis. This distributor has the double contact breaker which improves its performance at high speeds and its cost complete with governor will be £1-17-6d. as against £3-15-6d. for our existing distributor and governor. We should like you to examine this distributor and freely criticise it from the point of view of external finish as compared with R.R. standard. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||