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Request to obtain an Austin 7 or Riley 9 starter motor for experimental adaptation to an epicyclic gear change.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 61b\3\  scan0240
Date  21th May 1931
  
HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}

X8013 86027.

DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 3/M21.5.31.

Could you obtain an Austin 7. starter motor and send it down to us for our inspection, or as this is a 6V. machine and might not be suitable for actual use, if you know of another small starter motor such as the Riley 9., which is 12 V. {VIENNA} perhaps you could obtain that.

The intention is to adapt it experimentally to the gear change of the epicyclic.

DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  
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