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 the preparation of a Lucas Dynamo for a road test following a 300-hour endurance run.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\3\ img429 | |
| Date | 8th September 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to RC{R. Childs}/CAP. 6142 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}2/JH.8.9.37. re Lucas Dynamo. The Lucas dynamo has now completed 300 hours endurance run on a bench test. In order to make the machine ready for a road test, will you please arrange for the machine to be stripped, thoroughly cleaned, the commutator skimmed, and the bearings examined. A new set of brushes will be supplied by us. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||