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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).
Comparing the machined cylinder for car 12-G4 with the standard cylinder from car 17-G3.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 103\4\  scan0049
Date  30th April 1929
  
To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

X5050

Hsl/T30.4.29.

We attach herewith marked print of the cylinder as fitted to 17-G3 car. The cylinder on 12-G4 is a standard cylinder machined out so that the sections are much thinner than on 17-G3.

Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

E.52692 herewith.
  
  


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