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).
Testing and improvements for the 40/50 model, including cold starts with paraffin mixture.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 50\3\ Scan207 | |
| Date | 16th December 1921 | |
| contd. -2- HeS/LG16.12.21. The reason for this is that the latest 40/50 is wonderfully good. As soon as we can have 6. EX Car for a week we should like to fit this car with the latest scheme. It would be more convenient for us to have it early in the new year because we should then have the latest starter carburetter pieces ready. Before we take this car we should like very much for Mr. Royce to run it and start up from cold with 20% paraffin mixture. With the 40/50 Car with the latest improvements we have no preliminary running to warm up the engine before getting away. We start the car which has been left out all night in a frost, and can get right away full power without any popping or spluttering. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||