Response regarding a request for a 'gutty' 25 HP engine and a proposal to modify a GLN-60 unit for sale.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\1\ scan0237 | |
| Date | 15th November 1934 | |
| X7960 W/S {Derby Works / Sales} - Lp. {Mr Lappin} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 31/KW.15.11.34. Dear Lp. {Mr Lappin} , Replying to your note addressed to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} of 13.11.34. I do not think there is such an animal as a "gutty" 25 HP. engine. Anyhow, we have nothing of the sort. The proposal is to put a 25 HP. head and camshaft and new connecting rods into GLN-60 unit, and then hand it over for sale. If Bulman of Hawk(Aero Engine)ers wants a 20/25 with any performance he will have to find something with a lighter body than this. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /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).