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 for an old Kestrel 2.S. type supercharger with reduction gear for experimental tests on chassis units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\1\ scan0228 | |
| Date | 4th October 1938 | |
| 1171 To Sft{Mr Swift}/Mr.Smithdale. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}13/MH.{M. Huckerby}4.10.38. We are anxious to obtain an old supercharger (Kestrel 2.S.) type with the 10 to 1 reduction gear, for experimental tests on chassis units. Could you please supply us with one if available, otherwise assemble one for us out of old or rejected parts which would otherwise be scrapped. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||