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 complete a modified cylinder block for a high power head on a small universal unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 134\2\ scan0084 | |
| Date | 7th October 1936 | |
| X1129 E/PSN.2/MN.7.10.36. To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} [struck through] Copy to EH. [struck through] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Edwards. [handwritten and struck through] SMALL UNIVERSAL UNIT. Cylinder Block for High Power Head. At the moment there is no spare cylinder block for this unit but we understand that a partly machined block modified to Ex.18336 to take a 1.6" diameter exhaust valve is in existence. Will you please complete this cylinder block as soon as possible. Detail drawings of two alternative exhaust valves will follow. E/PSN. | ||