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).
Car preparations, including sourcing Aerolite pistons, clarifying fuel regulations for the Ulster Race, and obtaining Burgess silencer material.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 152\3\ scan0163 | |
| Date | 13th July 1934 | |
| +442 W/S {Derby Works / Sales} - Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 18/KW.13.7.34. Your car should be ready on Tuesday. I have managed to get a set of Aerolite pistons for it, the other jobs are being done. You have not yet let me know whether Discol, Coolmotor or other alcohol spirits are regarded by the R.A.C. as being sufficiently widely distributed to be permitted as a 50% Benzol mixture in the Ulster Race. We are very anxious to obtain some Burgess Steel Ball material which they use in their exhaust silencers. The address of the Company is Bush House. Will you please obtain some of this material if you can. The silencers are standardised on Morris Ten's and various other cars. If we cannot get the material loose we are willing to buy a silencer. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||