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).
Letter to Thomson & Taylor Ltd. requesting a sketch of an 8-cylinder Alfa Romeo crankshaft assembly.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\5\ scan0122 | |
Date | 29th December 1933 | |
XJ482. Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}2/KW. 29th December, 1933. G.H.K. Taylor, Esq., Messrs. Thomson & Taylor, Ltd., Automobile Engineers, Brooklands Track, Weybridge. Dear Mr. Taylor, I should like to thank you for the opportunity of seeing the 8-cylinder Alpha Romeo. There is one point I was not able to make sure of, and that is the method of bolting together the two halves of the crankshaft with the timing gears. If you do take this to pieces and would send us a sketch of the assembly we should be very grateful. I think it is probable that the gears have to be threaded over from the outside ends of the crankshaft, and would like to be sure of this. Yours sincerely, | ||