Request to replace an R.R. ignition with a Delco system, and a clarifying handwritten response.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\5\ scan0234 | |
| Date | 20th June 1938 | |
| 665 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD. {Frank Dodd - Bodies} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /3/R.20.6.38. Will you please note that Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} has requested that we should replace the R.R. ignition on his car with a Delco. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten signature]: Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten text]: Delco Ignition has been running on this car since it was first built. We have just changed over to Delco coil though in-place of RR 20000 twin with Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FD {Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||
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).