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).
Instruction to examine and potentially replace valves on a 10,000-mile car due to one being in poor condition.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\2\ scan0020 | |
Date | 27th February 1934 | |
To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X4553a Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}6/KW.27.2.34. 4-B-IV. 10,000 Mile Car. Will you please dismantle the cylinder head and examine the valves. No. 1 exhaust that was taken out during the test was in poor condition, and if the remainder are in the same condition, new valves will have to be fitted. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||