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Status report on the position and condition of various cars as of 9:00 a.m. on 16th March 1936.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 123\4\  scan0231
Date  17th March 1936
  
To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 6/JH.17.3.36.

Position of Cars in Exptl. Garage
at 9.0. a.m. 16.3.36.

18-G-IV. Exptl. Garage. Engine dismantled to investigate knock No.5 Con-rod Big end.
20-G-IV. Exptl. Garage. Used for Transport.
21-G-IV. Exptl. Garage. Test with cyl. heads turbulent lip removed.
GAE-20 Exptl. Garage. Used for transport.
22-G-V. {VIENNA} In London with G.W.H.
1-B-IV. In fitting shop.
3-B-IV. In fitting shop.
5-B-IV. In fitting shop.
6-B-IV. In Exptl. Garage. Steering & engine vibrations.
B-23-AE In Exptl. Garage. Exhaust Tests.
B-56-BN. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} In London with G.W.H.
29-EX. At Shardlow No gearbox.
30-EX. In fitting shop. Gearbox change.
32-EX. In Exptl. Garage. Preparing for the road.
33-EX. In Exptl. Garage. Tyre noise with solid and rubber spring.
36-EX. In fitting shop. Being completed.
Buick. In Exptl. Garage. Used for Transport.
Packard. In Exptl. Garage. Stripped.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /F.Dodd.
  
  
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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