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).
Copy of a wire with instructions for adapting an aluminium block and head.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 71\2\ scan0153 | |
| Date | 19th May 1926 | |
| A/p COPY OF WIRE DATED 19TH. MAY 1926. CHICHESTER. BAILEY AND HIVES, ROYCAR - DERBY. PUT IN HAND ALUMINIUM BLOCK AND HEAD TO SCHEMES 753 AND 754 IF WE MUST RETAIN LONG RODS WE REQUIRE 1/4 INCH ON BOTTOM OF CYLINDERS BLOCKS TO FIT ALUMINIUM BLOCK AND HEAD TO EXISTING CRANKCASE OTHERWISE WE WILL USE 1/2 INCH LINER TO MAKE THIS ADAPTION REFERENCE CONDOR CAMSHAFT GLAND SUGGEST DRILLING A NUMBER OF HOLES IN NUT ON PITCH LINE OF THREAD TO ENABLE LOCKING WIRE TO ENGAGE. ROYCE. | ||