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).
Request to obtain a starter motor from an Austin 7 or a Riley 9 for experimental adaptation to an epicyclic gear change.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\V\March1931-September1931\ Scan211 | |
| Date | 21th May 1931 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} ORIGINAL RECEIVED 23 MAY DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}3/M21.5.31. x543. Could you obtain an Austin 7. starter motor and send it down to us for our inspection, or as this is a 6 V.{VIENNA} machine and might not be suitable for actual use, if you know of another small starter motor such as the Riley 9., which is 12 V.{VIENNA}, perhaps you could obtain that. The intention is to adapt it experimentally to the gear change of the epicyclic 3rd. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||