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).
Proposal for fitting primers to existing 40/50 HP chassis to improve starting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M3\M3.6\ img033 | |
| Date | 1st July 1919 | |
| To RJ. from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to CJ. " " DH.{D. Henderson - Showroom} " " EH. ORIGINAL X 1889 ~~X 3609~~ RE FITTING PRIMERS TO EXISTING 40/50 H.P. CHASSIS. It has been suggested by Mr. Hives that perhaps we are not taking full advantage of the improved ease of starting the existing 40/50 H.P. cars by fitting them with a primer. This would avoid the necessity in many cases, of fitting an electric starter, which is so very difficult until we have found or made a design of starter which can be fitted to the earlier cars. [Handwritten insertion: starter/electrical] This matter is now having attention at the Works, and I hope soon to receive the preliminary drawings. R.{Sir Henry Royce} [Stamp: REC'D 1919] | ||