Letter discussing issues with annular jets on the Silver Ghost and Phantom models, and requesting a new 'straight through' carburetter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\1\ scan0023 | |
| Date | 20th September 1927 | |
| Oy-19-E-92027 -2- September 20, 1927. Appears to give improved acceleration with our fuel, but of course we do not permit this as a standard operation. Finally, the narrow annular jets are scarcely practical with our fuel, unless we standardize some practical filter like the Zenith, because, both on the Silver Ghost(1907 40/50 historic RAC 15,000 miles trial) and Phantom the low speed jet is constantly going lean by accumulating dirt. We should very much welcome a change to a "straight through" carburetter on the Phantom, and would like to receive early samples of any experimental carburetters which you develop for this car. Yours very truly, Maurice Olley MO/E | ||
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).