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).
The completion of a new 20-HP engine with modified parts for a 10,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\1\ Scan144 | |
| Date | 2nd June 1926 | |
| X5770 X5900 - from SFT.{Mr Swift} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} SFT.{Mr Swift}18/LMG. 2.6.26. [STAMP: RECEIVED] THE NEW ENGINE. (20-HP). With reference to Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}'s memo. Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}5/M22.5.26. please note we shall complete the new 20-HP. Engine and pass same to Test Department this afternoon. It has been fitted with,- Lapped Crankshaft. Steel Main Bearings. Special Pistons. New type Connecting Rods complete with steel shell bearings. Modified Oil Pump. You will remember that Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} instructs that this engine is to be fitted into chassis 1644 which is going to run a 10,000 mile test in France, and that the engine is to be tested using the Delavel scheme of oil cleansing. SFT.{Mr Swift} | ||