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).
Requesting a 10,000-mile test and 500 additional starts for a starter motor.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 62\1\ scan0303 | |
| Date | 21th March 1935 | |
| Y6134 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.8/MA.21.3.35. Will you please make a point of observing that before starting the 10,000 mile test with 5.B.IV the gear box on the starter motor is filled with oil to the correct level. We should then like 500 starts to be made during the run-in in addition to the starting required for normal purposes. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||