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).
Requesting the assembly of parts for testing a cast iron crankcase.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\2\ scan0227 | |
| Date | 14th January 1931 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} x5000. 2010 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/KT.14.1.31. CAST IRON CRANKCASE. For testing the cast iron crankcase will you please assemble this with the crankshaft, flywheel, and bottom half of IV.G.8 engine. The flywheel needs to be trued and the bolts riveted over. We can use the cylinder head off G.1356. unit at present in the Bump. We shall need pistons and connecting rods. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||