Production trial for an automatic start 8-cylinder engine device.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0160 | |
| Date | 23th August 1939 | |
| 1033 & 1036 To By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Jnr. {Charles L. Jenner} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /IMV. Chateauroux(French test region). Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 8/MH. {M. Huckerby} 23.8.39. AUTOMATIC START 8-CYL. ENGINE. This device is so easy to install, cheap and light that we feel we ought to give it a trial on production until it proves to be unacceptable to the public. We shall require the same modifications to prevent sticking that are incorporated on the Wraith carburetter. 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).