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).
Request to produce a modified camshaft designated 'China Camshafts' with a specific timing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\5\ scan0115 | |
| Date | 30th December 1931 | |
| X5090. To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/KT.30.12.31. CHINA CAMSHAFTS. Will you please produce a camshaft to E.57177 but with the exhaust cam leading the inlet cam by 108°. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||