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).
List of work and modifications to be carried out on car B.50.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 111\2\ scan0383 | |
| Date | 11th August 1938 | |
| To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 809 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}2/JH.11.8.38. B.50. Will you please have the following work carried out on the above car. ENGINE. (1) Fit rubber washers under rocker cover nuts. (2) Fit General oil filter (supplied by Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl{Len H. Swindell}). GEARBOX. (3) Fit dyno. gearbox. SUSPENSION.(4) Fit R.R. rear shock dampers (links nearly ready) pipe up dampers to gearbox and fit gauge. (5) Fit new 8" coil springs to front FB.3947. BRAKES. (6) Strengthened front equaliser and strengthened brackets for front idler levers FCD.762. (7) Dashpot for front brakes SCD.698. (8) Long arm equaliser for rear brakes FCD.580. (9) New cross rods for above EXS.892/3/4/5. FRONT AXLE. (10) Diagonal stays to lower triangle levers SCD.699. (11) Cheaper silent block bushes under pan, as fitted to 7.B.5. (12) Fit needle roller pivots with strengthened yokes modified for silent blocks in top bearings. STEERING.(13) Change steering cam to Adamant Co's. No.M.22313 (in shop) Roller follower to suit supplied by Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/PJH. PETROL TANK. (14) New petrol tank shortened for R.R. dampers, to be fitted with anti-splash vent pipe. PROP. SHAFT. (15) Water excluders to GCD.723 scheme 3, as fitted to 7.B.5. | ||