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).
Giving instructions for modifications to pistons, a gearbox damper, and shock dampers.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\4\ scan0065 | |
Date | 30th March 1939 | |
666 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}7/JH.30.3.39. 30.G.7. (1) Will you please have a set of .2" raised crown pistons fitted. (2) Fit a top gearbox torque damper similar to GOD.1249. (3) Remove front shock dampers and hand to W.Bell for alteration to poundage. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} | ||