Trip to France for testing, the dispatch of parts for comparison, and a reported exhaust system failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\4\ B001_X 100a-page209 | |
| Date | 9th February 1933 | |
| -2- Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 10/KT.9.2.33. My programme is at present to cross over to France this week-end, make some tests on Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley), and then come down to Chateauroux(French test region) about the 19th. In the meantime I am having various parts packed up and sent out to you, which includes an old type bottom half, so that we can get a direct comparison on the road. We note your exhaust system failure and are trying to get a design to deal with this. We presume that the fracture is due to rocking of the engine, and we should like you to confirm this. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rn. {Mr Robinson} | ||
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).