Modifications to be fitted to a car for a 10,000-mile test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\3\ 03-page008 | |
| Date | 29th November 1929 | |
| X7941@ To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1/29.11.29. 23-EX. This car has now been detailed for the next 10,000 miles test. Will you please see that, in addition to our previous list, it is fitted with:- (1) Cylinder blocks internally cadmium plated. [handwritten: protected ✓] (2) Front brake drums with lips (as supplied to GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} ) ✓ (3) Clutch disc V.D.K.21. consisting of die pressed moulded ferobestos, slotted but not set-over, with a spring back plate. [handwritten: (disc in stores) ✓] (4) Radiator inlet pipe E73444 with reduced outlet area to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 249. [handwritten: + improved top tank area E78146 E78137] (5) Asbestos valve guide gland scheme to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 230. ✓ Attached is a list of A.C.L's. | ||
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).