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).
Requesting the completion of all patterns for the Conventional 8 engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\1\ scan0068 | |
| Date | 13th April 1939 | |
| 1044 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} c. Sft{Mr Swift}/Lw. c. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/Vs.{J. Vickers} c. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Jnr.{Charles L. Jenner} c. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Mcs. c. By/CS. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}2/MH.{M. Huckerby}13.4.39. CONVENTIONAL 8 ENGINE. In our memo Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}5/JH.20.2.39 we instructed that patterns should be made for the crankcase and the cylinder head for the above engine. Actually we should like the whole of the patterns that are necessary for the above engine to be completed, (i.e. wheelcase, induction system and water pump, etc.), so that in the event of a failure on the existing B.80 engine everything will be ready for making the Conventional 8. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||