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 tested switch be fitted to the instrument board of car 35-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\3\ scan0074 | |
| Date | 19th January 1937 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}12/AP.19.1.37. 35-EX. Will you please arrange to have the attached switch fitted to the instrument board of 35-EX. This is to replace the temporary switch already fitted to the petrol pumps. It is essential that this switch should run 10,000 miles test and should be fitted before the car leaves the Works. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||