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).
Internal memorandum listing eleven parts urgently required for testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 69\4\ scan0116 | |
| Date | 12th November 1926 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 18770 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LG12.11.26. X3804 Please note, the following parts are urgently required for test :- (1) F.X. water pump. (2) F.X. modified rotor and diffuser. (3) Inertia rings - wobbles. (4) BY's inertia damper. (5) Ball bearing throttle and governor shaft. (6) Adaptors for Lorraine and 20 HP. carburetters. (7) Brake drums for lighter axle - Thicker drums to prevent squeaks. (8) Strengthened pendulum lever as per latest WW. scheme. (9) Phantom side steering tube to N.sch.2258. (10) Two standard relays off production - one to go on 98-NK, the other on 12-EX so that we can use 12-EX relay (being the latest type) for experimental tests. (11) Alterations to bearing rig and whitemetal bearing shells and shafts. ----------------- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||