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).
Request to manufacture a water pipe for a Bentley to accommodate an S.U. thermostatic switch.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\5\ scan0233 | |
| Date | 28th January 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} J 251 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}19/AP.28.1.37. Will you please have made one water pipe to fit between the engine and top of the radiator on the Bentley to accommodate the S.U. thermostatic switch, to the attached sketch. As the switch is not water tight, it requires to be fitted in an isolated pocket as shewn. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||