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 fit a larger 1 3/8 inch bore induction pipe to car 22-G-V for a 10,000 miles test to improve slow running.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 101\2\ scan0104 | |
| Date | 5th October 1936 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X5002 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}19/KW.5.10.36. 22-G-V (10,000 miles test). Will you please put in hand an induction pipe for the above car having a 1 3/8" bore instead of the standard E.60874 which has 1 1/4" bore. This is required as soon as possible to send out to GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} for a figure of merit with regard to improved slow running. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/L.H.Swindall. | ||