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).
Sending a starter motor with a Bijur drive to replace the original Bendix drive.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 40\6\ Scan078 | |
| Date | 25th June 1924 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. X3592 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}13/LG25.6.24. We are sending a Starter Motor with Bijur Drive made to LeC.1795 to London tomorrow to be fitted to 5-G-11 car engine. This is the RR. scheme for replacing the original Bendix Drives. The actual machine we are sending has run on 7-C-11 car 8,500 miles and also tested for 5,000 starts. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (Additional handwritten numbers: X3592, X3587) | ||