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 S.U. Carburetter Co. for a carburettor to test on a 3 1/2 litre engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\4\ Scan048 | |
| Date | 23th June 1931 | |
| 81487. Expl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/KT. 23rd June, 1931. The S.U. Carburetter Co. Bordersley Green Road, Birmingham. For the attention of Mr. Skinner. Dear Sir, We should like to try one of your single horizontal type carburetters, on our 3 1/2 litre standard engine. The bore of our existing carburetter throttle is 1 3/4". If you have a standard carburetter of this size which you could let us have for immediate test, we should be very much obliged. Yours faithfully FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||