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Status report on the position and work being carried out on various cars in the experimental garage.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 123\4\  scan0215
Date  20th January 1936
  
To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} 12/KW.20.1.36.
Position of Cars in Exptl. Garage.
18-G-IV. Exptl. Garage. Tests on Stromberg Carburetter. Development of large bore units.
19-G-IV. Hucknall transport.
20-G-IV. Exptl. Garage. Development of Stromberg carburetter. New geared starter motor.
21-G-IV. Shardlow with G.W.H.
GAE-20. Exptl. Garage, used on transport.
22-G-V. {VIENNA} Exptl. Garage - chassis being tuned up previous to despatching to Coach builders for body.
1-B-IV. * Exptl. Garage. Development of large bore unit, large carburetters.
3-B-IV. Exptl. Garage. Development of large oil pump.
B-23-AE. Exptl. Garage - Detonations on H.C. heads with Delco Remy ignition.
29-EX. At Sanderson & Holmes' for wing repairs due to accident on Hucknall run.
30-EX. At Shardlow with G.W.H.
  
  
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).


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