Production trial for an automatic start device for a 6-cylinder engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\1\ scan0002 | |
| Date | 23th August 1939 | |
| 1036 + 1033 To By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from MM. c. DB. {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} c. Ds/Jnr. {Charles L. Jenner} c. RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /TD. c. RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /IMW. {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Chateauroux(French test region). Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 8/MM.23.8.39. AUTOMATIC START 6-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).