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).
Urgent memorandum requesting a 15,000-mile standardisation test for experimental Lucas headlamps.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\1\ img333 | |
| Date | 20th July 1939 | |
| To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WSC.{W. S. Cassel} c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC{R. Childs}/CAP. 6116 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}8/JH.20.7.39. URGENT. Experimental Lucas Head Lamps. We have two pairs of experimental Lucas head lamps, DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}2117 which, should be put through a 15,000 mile test for standardisation purposes as soon as possible. Will you therefore, please arrange for a pair to be fitted to each of the car 12.B.V. and 3.B.50. and the wiring made to suit double filament lamps for continental conditions. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||