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 Bijur Motor to the in-house designed motor, arguing against fitting Bijur motors to cars due to inferior design, workmanship, and reliability.
Identifier | Morton\M2.5\ img002 | |
Date | 6th July 1920 | |
R.R. 199 (250T) (SD676 19-7-17) MP180865 Contd. -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG1 6.7.20. ----------- about in preference to a part made and proved to R-R design. We had a Bijur Motor in our possession and had tested it on the bench before the R-R motor was designed. There is no disputing the fact that the R-R Motor is far-and-away the better design and is better as regards workmanship than the Bijur. Springfield may bring forward the argument that the R-R Motor is unnecessarily good and that the Bijur does all that is required. If that is so and we can prove it is so then we ought as soon as possible, to fit the Bijur Motors on all R-R Cars and so save a lot of money. We do not agree with Springfield that it is necessary to have a more powerful motor to R.R. cars made in America. If it was so then we ought to fit similar motors to cars which we send to countries like Russia. X.435. We have had experience with a Packard Car fitted with a Bijur Motor and have found that in very cold weather, after the car is left standing for a long time, that frequently the battery is discharged before the engine is started. We admit that this may have been partly due to carburation but the fact remains that we have had more trouble with the Packard fitted with a Bijur Motor and Generator than we have ever had with the equipment on our own Cars. Another point we should like to bring forward is that when we introduce an entirely new car, the motor and generator will then be designed at the same time as the rest of the car and will be made by R-R.{Sir Henry Royce} Do Springfield now wish to say the Contd. | ||