Secret memo discussing camshaft drive options for a left-hand drive chassis for the USA.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\T\January1929-February1929\ Scan051 | |
| Date | 23th January 1929 | |
| FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} (At Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence).) SECRET. R2/M23.1.29. REC'D AT WW. 28.1.29. -E.B.) -DY. {F R Danby} ) HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) C. to BJ. WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} SG. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} SS. {S. Smith} CHASSIS - LEFTHANDING FOR USA. X7772 There is still another possibility and that is to drive the camshaft by the carrier wheel as was our Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial) practice. If this is not good I fear the only thing is Mr. Elliott's Sch. 3. with slightly larger timing gear for the L.H. engines. Unless we definitely prefer our Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial) practice, which was the case at one time, I should prefer the No. 3. scheme. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).