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).
Parts proposed to be sent to America, with objections to fitting certain components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\4\ Scan101 | |
| Date | 7th June 1920 | |
| X. 3960 CyS - G 7680 June 7th, 1920 RECEIVED 21 JUN 1920 S & R To: Mr. Bailey. C.C. Mr. C. Johnson Mr. Belnap Mr. Nadin Mr. Manning Mr. Burton Mr. Hives ✓ Mr. Caswell From: Mr. Olley. x. 38 Re: Parts proposed to be sent to America. Dealing in detail with the points dealt with in your memo By12/F18.5.20 and enclosure Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1/1619.B.C, we have already written that we see serious objections to fitting either (1) the Simms magneto or (2) the Lucas generator. As regards - (S) Pressure gauges. Mr. Hives found on dismantling the sample American gauges sent him some months ago that those made by the U. S. Gauge Co. were better in construction than our own. He asked for further models to continue his tests, and these have just-been sent by mail. Unfortunately, shipment of the replacement set was delayed here, due to a misunderstanding. Here again, though these gauges have not been run on Rolls-Royce cars, they have run many hundreds of thousands of miles on other makes and are in no sense experimental or specially made for us. | ||