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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).
Letter discussing the testing and implementation of the Bijur chassis lubrication system on an experimental car.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 26\5\  Scan005
Date  6th October 1925
  
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ROLLS-ROYCE
OF AMERICA, INC.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

Oy3-E-10625
October 6th, 1925.

Mr. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} W. Hives,
Rolls-Royce, Ltd.,
Derby, England.

Dear Mr. Hives:

Re Bijur Chassis Lubrication

You will have received already the reprints of Bijur's paper on his chassis lubrication system and possibly the demonstration set.

We want to draw this to your attention in all seriousness (and in spite of the fact that we know you are up to the eyes in more important matters).

Test.
We have run a Bijur system already some 4000 miles on 102 CX{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}, the lefthand drive experimental car, and are so completely in favor of it that we have passed a sheet to put it on as soon as possible and shall be sending over our proposal sheet as soon as we have completed the 10,000 miles.

Lubrication Points.
We have not tried to feed too many points.

The brake actuating shafts on the rear axle only require oiling about every 6 months so we have left them alone.

The rear spring rollers we have got rid of by using the serrated rocker.

Engine coupling, torque tube and sphere are taken care of by our oil cup under the bonnet.

This leaves for the centralized system, the following points:
  
  


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