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).
Overheating tests in France, comparing the fan and radiator positions on experimental cars 8-EX and 12-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 24\5\ Scan129 | |
| Date | 21th September 1926 | |
| To B.J. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to PN.{Mr Northey} c. to CWB. X766 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}4/LG21.9.26. TESTS ON OVER-HEATING IN FRANCE. X766/X7250 With reference to PN{Mr Northey}'s suggestion that the probable reason that 8-EX could not be made to boil on the Alpine Passes was due to the position of the fan being altered. We should like to point out that 8-EX fan was in the standard position and the radiator is identically the same as that which has been fitted to all Phantom cars. On 12-EX car, the engine and the fan were 1" nearer the radiator matrix. This was done partly to enable the pedals to go forward and economise space. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||