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).
Experimental features of a distributor unit to be fitted to engine 9-G3.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\2\ scan0083 | |
| Date | 19th March 1928 | |
| X7690 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from EFC. c. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AJL. EFC4/T19.3.28. DISTRIBUTOR UNIT FOR 9-G3. Herewith we hand to you for fitting to 9-G3, a battery ignition distributor to LeC.2460, incorporating the following experimental features :- (1) Distributor head varnished internally with Elo synthetic varnish. (2) Make and break cam arranged for quicker break. (3) Mushroom type H.T. rotor. No (3) is already fitted to 9-G3 and should be retained when the above unit is fitted. EFC. | ||