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).
Letter to Coventry Climax Engines expressing interest in their Overhead Inlet Side Valve Exhaust Units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 158\4\ scan0091 | |
| Date | 29th October 1936 | |
| 87360 Experimental Department 29th October 1936. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/AP. LPL/NM. Messrs Coventry Climax Engines Ltd., Friars' Road, COVENTRY Dear Sirs, With reference to your letter of the 14th inst. and subsequent conversation at the Motor Show, this is to confirm that we are interested in the power out-put of your Overhead Inlet Side Valve Exhaust Units in their production form. As we told you at Olympia, we are taking considerable interest in this engine and we shall be happy to place at your disposal power curves of our existing range of in-line overhead valve engines particularly the 3½ and 4¼ litre if you are prepared to reciprocate. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||