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).
Production trial for an automatic start 8-cylinder engine device.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0160 | |
| Date | 23th August 1939 | |
| 1033 & 1036 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Jnr.{Charles L. Jenner} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMV. Chateauroux. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/MH.{M. Huckerby}23.8.39. AUTOMATIC START 8-CYL. ENGINE. This device is so easy to install, cheap and light that we feel we ought to give it a trial on production until it proves to be unacceptable to the public. We shall require the same modifications to prevent sticking that are incorporated on the Wraith carburetter. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||