Rolls-Royce Archives
         « Prev  Box Series  Next »        

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).
Specifying the speedometer calibration for the 12-EX chassis.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66\4\  scan0250
Date  22th March 1928
  
X8310
EFC.
22.3.28.
SPEEDOMETER FOR 12-EX. X4308 X8310
The speedometer drive gearing on this particular chassis gives 736.6 speedometer drive R.P.M. at 60 m.p.h. i.e. on your test rig running at 600 r.p.m., the speedometer to be correct must read 48.9 m.p.h.
A.J.Lidsey.
  
  


Copyright Sustain 2025, All Rights Reserved.    whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
An unhandled error has occurred. Reload 🗙