Requesting the production and testing of new parts for a 40/50 HP chassis starter motor.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 64\1\ scan0315 | |
| Date | 19th August 1929 | |
| x7620. To. Sft {Mr Swift} /Mr Brock. c. Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD3/N.19.8.29, Re: 40/50 HP. Chassis - Starter Motor. Will you please produce one of each of the following parts to provide a wiper for the starter motor pinion bearing:- D.72370 Retaining Ring. D.72371 Wiper. Armature Shaft. D.72372 Liner for Wiper. We shall require a production armature D.72044 modifying in order to take this wiper to our blueprint D.72369. When this has been produced, will you please let Mx. {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} have the starter motor for test on a car with the damaged gear ring which he has. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD. | ||
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).