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).
Meeting minutes discussing supply and development of carburetter, exhaust, and pump components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\1\ Scan284 | |
| Date | 17th December 1935 | |
| -2- Carburetter Drainage Scheme. We want aluminium balls for the drainage scheme. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} will attend to this matter. It may mean cabling to America for a supply. Exhaust Pipes. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} stated we might have exhaust Pipes cracking and it is necessary to get a car running for testing as soon as possible. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} asked for the following items to be dealt with immediately:- (1) RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} to get down to what we are waiting for and who is responsible for each item. (2) List to be prepared of all bought-out material. (3) List to be prepared showing every different item on the big bore engine and where it is. (4) Type of steering to be fitted. (5) When can we introduce the big bore with minimum of alterations ? (6) Look into the question of electrical pump from S.U. ? which is precisely similar to P.III. (7) Find out whether electrical pumps for the large bore Bentley are ordered - if not take steps to order them. [Handwritten annotation: SID BENTLEY PUMPS (ORDERED)] (8) Find out from Mr. Skinner the position of the P.III. electrical pump. [Handwritten annotation: FIRST 200 PUMPS ORDERED FOR PIII] (9) Filter on cross-member requires immediate attention. [Handwritten note in left margin, bracketed around points 6, 7, 8]: Bowering - what is the position re these please? Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||