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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).
Performance of hydraulic tappets on car 104-MY sold to Sir Stewart Duke-Elder.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 17\6\  Scan345
Date  17th September 1935
  
S/W.
Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
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Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}5/KW17.9.35.

At the Technical Conference at W. on Wednesday of last week, I think you - or possibly Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} - asked whether I could find out through Br what news there was (if any) concerning the hydraulic tappets on 104-MY, which is the car Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} used which was ultimately sold to Sir Stewart Duke-Elder.

I have had a memo from Br which reads as follows :-

" This car has run approximately 4,400 miles since it was
" generally reconditioned prior to its being taken over by
" Sir Stewart Duke-Elder. When it had covered approximately
" 3,000 miles we had the car here to deal with sticking valves
" and at that time the tappets were working perfectly. Nothing
" was mentioned to us about these by the driver.

Cx.{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager}
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