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Test report on various automotive components and modifications.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 154a\3\  scan0284
Date  16th June 1937
  
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16.6.37.

Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} /Les.
Rubber in shock damper & roll rod links.
Various & frequent failures.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale}
Modification to servo o'shaft Oilite bushes to eliminate bijur feed.
Not satisfactory. Shaft rusty in side bearings.

Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} /Wst. Lucas.
Headlamps with adaption for Continental use.
Not suitable for Continental use.

M {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /Wst.
Morganite E.C.12 brushes in dynamo
Not satisfactory. rejected.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wst. O {Mr Oldham} /75260
15,000 turn ignition coil.
Unsatisfactory. Rejected.
  
  
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).


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