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).
Engine parts shortages required to build engines from completed and unfinished materials.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 7\5\ X 604 Body-page241 | |
| Date | 22th June 1941 | |
| -cont'd- - 2 - Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}3/SW.22.6.41. ENGINE. As in the case of the B.V. there are no wheelcases in stock, but 12 engines could be built from completed material with the following exceptions :- List C. Spring Drive 2 short Piston 13 " Cylinder Head 6 " Camwheel 7 " Exhaust Manifold 10 " Wheelcase No Stock Flywheel 7 short Clutch No Stock and a further 77 engines could be built from unfinished material with the following exceptions :- List D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Piston 187 short Rocker Cover 4 " Exhaust Valve 245 " Camwheel No Stock Wheelcase No Stock Clutch No Stock --------------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} [Signature] | ||