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).
The replacement of an obsolete H.T. ignition wire.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 163\7\ img300 | |
| Date | 16th November 1936 | |
| 6013, To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst.15/AP.16.11.36. The "Maconite" H.T. ignition wire on 32-EX. is giving trouble. As this cable is now obsolete, would you please arrange to have the cable changed to the present standard, which is "Helsby B.I" cable. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst. | ||