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).
The replacement of an overheated and damaged Lucas R.R. type regulator cutout unit on car 8.B.V.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\2\ img215 | |
| Date | 1st September 1938 | |
| 6092. To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} c. to RC{R. Childs}/CAP. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}9/JH.1.9.38. R.R. Type Lucas Regulator. Lucas R.R. type regulator cutout unit, No.II, at present on car 8.B.V. has been overheated and damaged. As this car is being prepared for a 15,000 mile test, we think this unit should be removed, and a new one fitted. Will you therefore, please instruct accordingly, a new unit being available in the Lab. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||