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List of instructed parts for the 25 HP programme, categorized for China and Japan.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 5a\1\  01-page174
Date  6th July 1931
  
To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/MJ.6.7.31.

Y 5730

25 HP. PROGRAMME.

We now have the following parts instructed.-

CHINA(Experimental Engine):    (1) High lift rocker valves and pedestals. By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /CS/EH1.7.31.
    (2) Adaptor for S.U. carburetter. Carb. handed to RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 28.6.31.
    (3) Distance washers for lifting head and altering C.R. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 3/MTG.2/7/31
    (4) New expansion box to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /MJ30.6.31. H.Sch.3287.
    (5) Air silencer for S.U. carburetter. H5409

*JAPAN(Experimental Engine)*:    (1) Adaptor for S.U. carburetter. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry {Shadwell Grylls} 2/MJ30.6.31.
    (2) Modified weir type induction pipe to give greater slot area. V. {VIENNA} Claremont

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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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