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).
Letter to Rudge-Whitworth Ltd. inquiring about the availability of specific cylinder heads for purchase.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\1\ scan0005 | |
| Date | 12th March 1936 | |
| Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/KW. 12th March, 1936. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Hack, Esq., Messrs. Rudge-Whitworth Ltd., COVENTRY. Dear Mr. Hack, Thank you so much for the loan of the carburetters. We are investigating the influence of plug position on detonation and should like to try a Rudge head with a plug at the side. We could of course put a plug in the side of the head which we have, but should have preferred to have done this job on a separate head, properly arranged for the side plug position, if one of these should be available. Could you let me know whether any patterns are in existence for making one of these heads, or better still, if one of these heads is in existence that we could purchase ? Yours sincerely, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||