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).
Requesting a slotted suction piston for a 20/25 carburetter to improve starting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 102\1\ scan0364 | |
| Date | 19th July 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X508 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}7/KW.19.7.35. 20/25 Carburetter. We wish to try the effect of a slotted suction piston on the above carb. for improved starting up. Will you please supply us with one suction piston with slotted grooves as per lis.2063. This drawing is for the SpectreCodename for Phantom III, but the same grooves can be put in the 20/25. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.H. Whyman. | ||