Urgent request to produce two trial distributor drive gears for a B.60 engine, following a gear failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\5\ scan0108 | |
| Date | 4th October 1938 | |
| 1044 To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 2/MH. {M. Huckerby} 4.10.38. B.60 ENGINE. In connection with the failure of the gear on the Monichrome camshaft will you please produce for trial 2 distributor drive gears similar to EB.3900, but in chill cast BZ/PC. These are urgent and are required for trial as soon as possible. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} | ||
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).