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} | ||
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).