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).
To swap engine components between two cars to test an automatic carburetter scheme against a hand-controlled one.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 20\9\ Scan056 | |
| Date | 17th December 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X1033 Ha/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}15/KW.17.12.35. Stromberg Carburetters. Further to our discussion with Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} yesterday; will you please change the head, induction pipe and exhaust system complete off Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}'s car on to 18-G-IV, and put 18-G-IV's head complete on Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}'s car. This changeover gives Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} the automatic scheme which will overcome his complaint of weakness when starting, and gives us the hand-controlled scheme to test which is going into production. Ha/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||