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Status report listing the location and current work being performed on various experimental cars.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 123\4\  scan0195
Date  13th December 1935
  
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To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 9/KW.13.12.35.

The following list indicates the position of experimental cars :-

Cars in Fitting Shop.
32-EX. For modifications - body being mounted.
31-EX. " "
19-G-IV. For Stromberg carbs. etc.
Buick. Engine in Fitting Shop, chassis and body in Garage.

Cars for Evening Transport.
B-23-AE. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
18-G-IV. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Other Cars.
1-B-IV. In Exptl. Garage, large bore development and Ignition tests.
3-B-IV. In Exptl. Garage.
4-B-IV. " " - detonation tests and engine roughness.
5-B-IV. Body and chassis in Exptl. Garage, engine stripped in Fitting Shop.
6-B-IV. At Shardlow - joggle rig.
B-23-AE. In Exptl. Garage.
B-56-BN. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} At Shardlow.
  
  
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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